Kathmandu panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 08:24 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:53
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:35 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:46
- Karana Bava until 15:00, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 15:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 15:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:53
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. 04:05 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:13 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:18 next day Capricorn
- 02:18 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 05:33 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