Kathmandu panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:56 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 18:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 17:00
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:38 to 05:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 18:06
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:38 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:06, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 18:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:00
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 18:38 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 17:00 | Good |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:38 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:37 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
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:51 Leo
- 07:51 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:25 Libra
- 12:25 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 21:25 Pisces
- 21:25 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 05:37 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