Kathmandu panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:35 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:42
- 06:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:40 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:40 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:12 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:51 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:37
- Karana Shakuni until 08:40, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:40 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:40 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:58 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:51 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:51 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:51 – 06:10 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. 04:35 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:36 Capricorn
- 04:36 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:30 Pisces
- 07:30 – 09:07 Aries
- 09:07 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:37 Cancer
- 15:37 – 17:53 Leo
- 17:53 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:45 next day Scorpio
- 00:45 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:01 next day Aquarius
- 06:01 – 06:10 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