Kathmandu panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 16:37 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:39
- 07:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 05:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:07
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:31 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 21:06
- Karana Kaulava until 07:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 22:18
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. 04:00 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 00:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:31 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:45 Pisces
- 04:45 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 22:00 Scorpio
- 22:00 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:26 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