Kathmandu panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 21:34 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:22
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:22 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:15
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:58
- Karana Vishti until 12:15, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:43 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:22
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 00:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:23 – 05:50 next day
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:54 Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:26 Cancer
- 14:26 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 05:50 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