Kathmandu panchang, 13 May 2026
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 02:30 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 18:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:41
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:43 to 05:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:45
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:32 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:09
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:09 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:32 – 05:16 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 – 04:34
- 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 18:43 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:45 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:16 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 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:26 Aries
- 05:26 – 07:22 Taurus
- 07:22 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 14:13 Leo
- 14:13 – 16:28 Virgo
- 16:28 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 02:20 next day Aquarius
- 02:20 – 03:46 next day Pisces
- 03:46 – 05:16 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