Kathmandu panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 16:52 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:13 – 16:46
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:19 to 05:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:11
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:56
- Karana Taitila until 07:11, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:36 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:33 – 10:39
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 15:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 07:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:25 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:56 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:13 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:39 Pisces
- 06:39 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 17:02 Leo
- 17:02 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:54 Scorpio
- 23:54 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:41 next day Capricorn
- 03:41 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 05:55 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