Kathmandu panchang, 15 July 2026
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 05:59 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 19:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:52
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:00 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:01 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:19
- Karana Bava until 12:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:01 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 22:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:19 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:52
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. 03:56 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:06 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 19:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:29 Gemini
- 05:29 – 07:49 Cancer
- 07:49 – 10:05 Leo
- 10:05 – 12:20 Virgo
- 12:20 – 14:39 Libra
- 14:39 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:01 Sagittarius
- 19:01 – 20:44 Capricorn
- 20:44 – 22:13 Aquarius
- 22:13 – 23:39 Pisces
- 23:39 – 01:15 next day Aries
- 01:15 – 03:11 next day Taurus
- 03:11 – 05:19 next day Gemini
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