Kathmandu panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 06:07 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 18:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:37
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:03
- 08:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:46 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:08
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:02
- Karana Balava until 08:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:19 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:03
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. 03:50 – 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 18:46 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 11:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:47 – 05:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:47 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:37 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
| Char | 18:46 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:07 Aries
- 05:07 – 07:03 Taurus
- 07:03 – 09:17 Gemini
- 09:17 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:53 Leo
- 13:53 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:45 Scorpio
- 20:45 – 22:49 Sagittarius
- 22:49 – 00:32 next day Capricorn
- 00:32 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:27 next day Pisces
- 03:27 – 05:03 next day Aries
- 05:03 – 05:13 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