Kathmandu panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 11:14 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:03 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:52 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:15
- 15:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:58 to 05:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:18 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:52
- Karana Gara until 15:56, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:24 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:24 – 05:21 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. 03:58 – 04:39
- 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 18:58 – 21:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:43 – 19:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:03 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Char | 13:52 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:58 | Good |
| Char | 18:58 – 20:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:34 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:52 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 05:10 Gemini
- 05:10 – 07:29 Cancer
- 07:29 – 09:45 Leo
- 09:45 – 12:01 Virgo
- 12:01 – 14:19 Libra
- 14:19 – 16:37 Scorpio
- 16:37 – 18:42 Sagittarius
- 18:42 – 20:25 Capricorn
- 20:25 – 21:53 Aquarius
- 21:53 – 23:19 Pisces
- 23:19 – 00:55 next day Aries
- 00:55 – 02:51 next day Taurus
- 02:51 – 05:06 next day Gemini
- 05:06 – 05:21 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