Kathmandu panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 08:23 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 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:42
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:47 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:25
- Karana Vishti until 11:22, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:54 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:25 – 16:49
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. 03:49 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:47 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 06:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:12 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 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 06:55 Taurus
- 06:55 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:29 Cancer
- 11:29 – 13:45 Leo
- 13:45 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:37 Scorpio
- 20:37 – 22:41 Sagittarius
- 22:41 – 00:24 next day Capricorn
- 00:24 – 01:53 next day Aquarius
- 01:53 – 03:19 next day Pisces
- 03:19 – 04:55 next day Aries
- 04:55 – 05:12 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