Kathmandu panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 08:16 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 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:34 – 17:17
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:59 to 05:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:01 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:43
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:50 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 23:01
- Karana Gara until 06:43, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:01 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 17:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:45 – 04:58 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:19 – 18:50
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. 03:57 – 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 18:59 – 21:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 18:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:50 – 05:20 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:50 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:52 | Good |
| Rog | 13:52 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:34 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:34 – 22:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:52 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:21 Gemini
- 05:21 – 07:41 Cancer
- 07:41 – 09:57 Leo
- 09:57 – 12:13 Virgo
- 12:13 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:49 Scorpio
- 16:49 – 18:53 Sagittarius
- 18:53 – 20:36 Capricorn
- 20:36 – 22:05 Aquarius
- 22:05 – 23:31 Pisces
- 23:31 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:17 next day Gemini
- 05:17 – 05:20 next day Cancer
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