Kathmandu panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 07:13 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
05:13 to 18:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:23 – 17:05
- 08:56 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:46 to 05:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:33
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:03
- Karana Gara until 14:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:56 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:03 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:05
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:03 – 20:03
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 – 04:31
- 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 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:13 – 14:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:56 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:23 – 17:05 | Good |
| Rog | 17:05 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:05 – 21:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:23 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:03 Aries
- 05:03 – 06:59 Taurus
- 06:59 – 09:13 Gemini
- 09:13 – 11:33 Cancer
- 11:33 – 13:49 Leo
- 13:49 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 18:23 Libra
- 18:23 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:45 Sagittarius
- 22:45 – 00:28 next day Capricorn
- 00:28 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 03:23 next day Pisces
- 03:23 – 04:59 next day Aries
- 04:59 – 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