Kathmandu panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 06:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:09 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:23 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 17:25
- Karana Gara until 06:03, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:09 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:09 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:25 – 05:49 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 05:46 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:17 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 05:46 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