Kathmandu panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 00:20 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:19 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:20
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:41 to 05:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:18
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:18, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:19 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:35 – 22:45
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 – 04:36
- 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 18:41 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 23:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:19 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:06 Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:38 Taurus
- 07:38 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:12 Cancer
- 12:12 – 14:28 Leo
- 14:28 – 16:44 Virgo
- 16:44 – 19:02 Libra
- 19:02 – 21:21 Scorpio
- 21:21 – 23:25 Sagittarius
- 23:25 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:02 next day Pisces
- 04:02 – 05:18 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