Kathmandu panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:09 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:52
- 07:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:17 Moon enters Aries
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:28 to 05:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:36
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:36
- Karana Chatushpada until 07:05, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:05 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:17 Moon enters Aries
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:52
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 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:38 – 12:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 12:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:17 – 05:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:36 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:38 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:47 Scorpio
- 22:47 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:29 next day Pisces
- 05:29 – 05:37 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