Kathmandu panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 17:48 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:40
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:20 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:05
- Karana Vanija until 07:21, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:21 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:32 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:40
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 16:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:32 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:55 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:55 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:22 Gemini
- 12:22 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 05:54 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