Kathmandu panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 04:03 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:39
- 09:52 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:27 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:46
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:40
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:52 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:40 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:41 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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:14 Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:40 Pisces
- 05:40 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:55 Scorpio
- 22:55 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:42 next day Capricorn
- 02:42 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 05:39 next day Aries
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