Kathmandu panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 22:58 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:40
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:39 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:27 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:27 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:40
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. 03:55 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:21 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:18 Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:04 Gemini
- 10:04 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:14 Libra
- 19:14 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 02:48 next day Aquarius
- 02:48 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 05:20 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