Kathmandu panchang, 12 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 01:59 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 17:02
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:42 to 05:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 01:32 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 15:07, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:19 – 23:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:30 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:34 – 00:46 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 01:32 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. 03:52 – 04:35
- 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 18:42 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:32 – 05:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:32 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:17 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Char | 08:38 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:42 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 03:54 Pisces
- 03:54 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:32 Virgo
- 16:32 – 18:51 Libra
- 18:51 – 21:09 Scorpio
- 21:09 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 00:56 next day Capricorn
- 00:56 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:50 next day Pisces
- 03:50 – 05:17 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