Kathmandu panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 10:38 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:31- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:32 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:56
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:28 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:31 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:04
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 21:12 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:22
- Karana Gara until 10:00, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:28 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:12 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:47 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:04 – 08:16 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:47 – 05:47 next day
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- 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 18:31 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 21:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 21:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:12 – 05:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:12 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:31 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:54 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:45 Aries
- 06:45 – 08:41 Taurus
- 08:41 – 10:55 Gemini
- 10:55 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 05:31 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