Kathmandu panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 18:44 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:51
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:20 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:34
- Karana Bava until 07:56, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:34 – 18:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:51
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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 07:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:31 Pisces
- 06:31 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 05:53 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