Kathmandu panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 03:39 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:03
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:44 to 05:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:46
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:36
- Karana Vanija until 08:46, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:09 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:03
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. 03:51 – 04:33
- 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 18:44 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:29 Gemini
- 09:29 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:57 Scorpio
- 20:57 – 23:01 Sagittarius
- 23:01 – 00:44 next day Capricorn
- 00:44 – 02:13 next day Aquarius
- 02:13 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:15 next day Aries
- 05:15 – 05:15 next day Taurus
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