Kathmandu panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 09:00 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:40
- 05:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:05 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 05:36
- Karana Vishti until 17:08, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:36 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:40
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 17:08 – 04:05 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. 04:08 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:35 – 17:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 04:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:05 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:13 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:14 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:33 Libra
- 12:33 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:55 Sagittarius
- 16:55 – 18:38 Capricorn
- 18:38 – 20:07 Aquarius
- 20:07 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:19 next day Gemini
- 03:19 – 05:36 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