Kathmandu panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 05:10 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:57 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:04 – 18:45
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:45 to 05:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:14 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:56
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:30
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:51, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:14 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:30 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:57 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:45
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. 03:50 – 04:32
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:04 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 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
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:11 Aries
- 05:11 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:21 Gemini
- 09:21 – 11:41 Cancer
- 11:41 – 13:57 Leo
- 13:57 – 16:12 Virgo
- 16:12 – 18:31 Libra
- 18:31 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:05 next day Aquarius
- 02:05 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:07 next day Aries
- 05:07 – 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