Kathmandu panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 02:58 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:53
- 13:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:26 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:24 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:31
- Karana Bava until 13:34, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:26 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 01:24 – 03:27 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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Char | 18:26 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:22 Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:50 next day Capricorn
- 02:50 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:41 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