Kathmandu panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 09:33 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
05:12 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam 08:36 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:04
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:48 to 05:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:42
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:04 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 11:13
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:04
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:56 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:58 – 23:55
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 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 18:48 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:12 – 03:04 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 03:04 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 03:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:54 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:36 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:55 Aries
- 04:55 – 06:51 Taurus
- 06:51 – 09:05 Gemini
- 09:05 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:41 Leo
- 13:41 – 15:57 Virgo
- 15:57 – 18:15 Libra
- 18:15 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:38 Sagittarius
- 22:38 – 00:21 next day Capricorn
- 00:21 – 01:49 next day Aquarius
- 01:49 – 03:15 next day Pisces
- 03:15 – 04:51 next day Aries
- 04:51 – 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