Kathmandu panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:02 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:42
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:12 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:38
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:37 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:30
- Karana Vanija until 09:38, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:37 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:14 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:38 – 21:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 06:37
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 06:11 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:36 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 09:38
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:41 – 06:11 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:40 Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:08 Aquarius
- 06:08 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:10 Aries
- 09:10 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:49 next day Scorpio
- 00:49 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:36 next day Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:04 next day Aquarius
- 06:04 – 06:11 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+5:45) · Method