Kathmandu panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 10:40 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:06
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:48 to 05:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:23 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:40
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:23 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:34
- Karana Taitila until 06:40, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:40 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:23 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:06
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 02:23 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:23 – 05:12 next day
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 – 04:30
- 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 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 06:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:12 – 06:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:54 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:51 Aries
- 04:51 – 06:47 Taurus
- 06:47 – 09:01 Gemini
- 09:01 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:37 Leo
- 13:37 – 15:53 Virgo
- 15:53 – 18:11 Libra
- 18:11 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 01:45 next day Aquarius
- 01:45 – 03:11 next day Pisces
- 03:11 – 04:47 next day Aries
- 04:47 – 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