Kathmandu panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 01:17 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:46
- 05:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:46 to 05:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:20
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:53
- Karana Balava until 11:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:19 – 03:31 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. 04:05 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:11 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 13:01 Libra
- 13:01 – 15:19 Scorpio
- 15:19 – 17:23 Sagittarius
- 17:23 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:36 Aries
- 23:36 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 05:32 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