Kathmandu panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 21:17 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:59
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:38 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:39 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 10:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:34
- Karana Vanija until 16:27, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:59
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 18:38 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 10:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:23 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:26 Pisces
- 04:26 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 07:58 Taurus
- 07:58 – 10:12 Gemini
- 10:12 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 14:48 Leo
- 14:48 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:22 Libra
- 19:22 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:44 Sagittarius
- 23:44 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 05:22 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