Kathmandu panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 20:22 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:37
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:37 to 05:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:17 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:25 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:43
- Karana Taitila until 14:09, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:25 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:37
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:43 – 11:08 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 07:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:25 – 05:23 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. 03:57 – 04:40
- 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
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:23 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 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:30 Pisces
- 04:30 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 12:36 Cancer
- 12:36 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:44 Scorpio
- 21:44 – 23:48 Sagittarius
- 23:48 – 01:31 next day Capricorn
- 01:31 – 03:00 next day Aquarius
- 03:00 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:23 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