Kathmandu panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:40 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 17:00
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:40 to 05:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:37
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:37, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 17:00
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. 03:54 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:40 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 21:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 12:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:35 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:20 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:40 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:10 Pisces
- 04:10 – 05:46 Aries
- 05:46 – 07:42 Taurus
- 07:42 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:24 Scorpio
- 21:24 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:12 next day Capricorn
- 01:12 – 02:40 next day Aquarius
- 02:40 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:19 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