Kathmandu panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 07:24 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:55
- 07:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:04 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:30 to 05:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:43
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:23 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:26
- Karana Gara until 07:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:26 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:55
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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 02:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 02:23 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:23 – 05:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:23 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:43 Leo
- 15:43 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:22 next day Capricorn
- 02:22 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 05:34 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