Kathmandu panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 06:39 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:43
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:42 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:46 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:42 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:30
- Karana Balava until 15:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:30 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:42 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:43
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. 04:33 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:09 – 02:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 02:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:42 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:07 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:23 Pisces
- 07:23 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 10:55 Taurus
- 10:55 – 13:09 Gemini
- 13:09 – 15:29 Cancer
- 15:29 – 17:45 Leo
- 17:45 – 20:00 Virgo
- 20:00 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:41 next day Sagittarius
- 02:41 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 06:07 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