Kathmandu panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 19:25 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:24 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:24 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:18
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:37 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:05 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:25 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:59
- Karana Balava until 12:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:59 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:05 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:24 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:18
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. 03:58 – 04:41
- 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 18:37 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:24 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:34 Pisces
- 04:34 – 06:10 Aries
- 06:10 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:20 Gemini
- 10:20 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:30 next day Pisces
- 04:30 – 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