Kathmandu panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 08:40 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:36 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:49
- 08:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:15 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:53
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:37
- Karana Bava until 08:12, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:49
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. 04:30 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:04 – 06:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:36 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:04 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:43 Taurus
- 10:43 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 15:17 Cancer
- 15:17 – 17:33 Leo
- 17:33 – 19:49 Virgo
- 19:49 – 22:07 Libra
- 22:07 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 06:04 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