Kathmandu panchang, 25 March 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 10:33 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:41
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:32 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:16 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 14:05
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 17:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:17
- Karana Vanija until 14:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 06:32 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 14:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:02 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:41
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. 04:29 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 17:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 14:05
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 08:39 Aries
- 08:39 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:05 next day Capricorn
- 04:05 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:02 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