Kathmandu panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 09:18 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:20 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:20 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:34
- 16:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:59 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:58 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:15 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 21:00
- Karana Bava until 16:22, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:00 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:14 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:20 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:00 – 08:19 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:15 – 05:20 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. 03:57 – 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 18:15 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:20 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 17:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:59 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:34 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:17 Gemini
- 05:17 – 07:37 Cancer
- 07:37 – 09:53 Leo
- 09:53 – 12:09 Virgo
- 12:09 – 14:27 Libra
- 14:27 – 16:45 Scorpio
- 16:45 – 18:49 Sagittarius
- 18:49 – 20:32 Capricorn
- 20:32 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:03 next day Aries
- 01:03 – 02:59 next day Taurus
- 02:59 – 05:13 next day Gemini
- 05:13 – 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