Kathmandu panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 04:47 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:47
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:43 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:15 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:41
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:42, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:15 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:06 – 15:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:47
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. 04:07 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:34 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
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:30 Virgo
- 10:30 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:07 Scorpio
- 15:07 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:54 Capricorn
- 18:54 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:34 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