Kathmandu panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 07:09 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 19:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:19 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:52 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:15
- 09:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:00 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:07 Moon enters Leo
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 09:08
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:37 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:08, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:07 Moon enters Leo
- 01:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:37 – 23:01 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:19 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:52 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 19:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:17 – 21:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:35 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:52 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:25 Gemini
- 05:25 – 07:45 Cancer
- 07:45 – 10:01 Leo
- 10:01 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 14:35 Libra
- 14:35 – 16:53 Scorpio
- 16:53 – 18:57 Sagittarius
- 18:57 – 20:40 Capricorn
- 20:40 – 22:09 Aquarius
- 22:09 – 23:35 Pisces
- 23:35 – 01:11 next day Aries
- 01:11 – 03:07 next day Taurus
- 03:07 – 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