Kathmandu panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 09:58 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:02
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:39 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:15
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:44 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:34 Moon enters Libra
- 17:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:36 – 05:13 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:20 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:16 – 17:23
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 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 08:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:29 Libra
- 12:29 – 14:47 Scorpio
- 14:47 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:03 Aquarius
- 20:03 – 21:29 Pisces
- 21:29 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:01 next day Taurus
- 01:01 – 03:15 next day Gemini
- 03:15 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 05:36 next day Leo
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