Kathmandu panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 04:35 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:39 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 09:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:28 to 05:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:26
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:52
- Karana Vishti until 09:41, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:52 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 14:14 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:52 – 07:36 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:28 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:14 – 05:38 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:26 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:39 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:51 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:51 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:10 Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:38 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