Kathmandu panchang, 23 May 2026
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 11:42 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 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:12 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:12 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:24
- 05:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:49 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:19
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:24 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 06:28
- Karana Vanija until 05:19, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:28 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:57 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:12 – 06:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:19 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 07:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:28 – 10:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:24
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. 03:48 – 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 18:49 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:24 – 05:11 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:42 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:12 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:36 | Good |
| Rog | 08:36 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:06 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:36 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:11 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 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:43 Taurus
- 06:43 – 08:58 Gemini
- 08:58 – 11:17 Cancer
- 11:17 – 13:33 Leo
- 13:33 – 15:49 Virgo
- 15:49 – 18:07 Libra
- 18:07 – 20:25 Scorpio
- 20:25 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:13 next day Capricorn
- 00:13 – 01:41 next day Aquarius
- 01:41 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 05:11 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