Kathmandu panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 11:38 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:50
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:17 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:34 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:46 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:04, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:34 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:46 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:46 – 03:10 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 16:34
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. 04:28 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:17 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:34 – 06:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:34 – 06:01 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:34 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 05:33 Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:59 Pisces
- 06:59 – 08:35 Aries
- 08:35 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:21 Leo
- 17:21 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:55 Libra
- 21:55 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:01 next day Capricorn
- 04:01 – 05:29 next day Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:01 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