Kathmandu panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 18:28 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:04 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:57
- 10:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 05:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 23:08
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:28
- Karana Vishti until 10:15, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:28 – 21:59 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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:08 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:25 – 07:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:04 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:37 Pisces
- 04:37 – 06:14 Aries
- 06:14 – 08:10 Taurus
- 08:10 – 10:24 Gemini
- 10:24 – 12:44 Cancer
- 12:44 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:34 next day Pisces
- 04:34 – 05:24 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