Kathmandu panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 07:15 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:12
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:14 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 00:11 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:52 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:16
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:16 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 00:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:16 – 15:56 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. 04:32 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:11 – 06:06 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:52 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:08 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:06 next day | Good |
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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:53 Aquarius
- 05:53 – 07:19 Pisces
- 07:19 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 10:51 Taurus
- 10:51 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:41 Leo
- 17:41 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:20 next day Capricorn
- 04:20 – 05:49 next day Aquarius
- 05:49 – 06:06 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