Kathmandu panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 02:23 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:25
- 13:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:25 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:59 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:32 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:30
- Karana Vanija until 13:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:59 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:25
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. 04:13 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:26 Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:52 Pisces
- 05:52 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:30 Virgo
- 18:30 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:07 Scorpio
- 23:07 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:42 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