Kathmandu panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 04:21 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 18:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:15 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:15 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:22
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:38 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:45 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:26
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:40
- Karana Shakuni until 05:26, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:26 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:26 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:38 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:01 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:15 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:22
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 18:45 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:15 – 05:26
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:15 Aries
- 05:15 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:45 Cancer
- 11:45 – 14:01 Leo
- 14:01 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:35 Libra
- 18:35 – 20:53 Scorpio
- 20:53 – 22:57 Sagittarius
- 22:57 – 00:40 next day Capricorn
- 00:40 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:35 next day Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:11 next day Aries
- 05:11 – 05:14 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