Kathmandu panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 05:48 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:37 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:37 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:16
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:29 to 05:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:11 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 00:11 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:26, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:57 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:11 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:37 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
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. 04:08 – 04:52
- 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 18:29 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:15 Gemini
- 11:15 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 05:36 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