Kathmandu panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 11:53 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:44
- 06:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:37 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:35
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:59 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:45 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:44
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. 04:09 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:37 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 07:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 19:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:21 Libra
- 12:21 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 18:27 Capricorn
- 18:27 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:21 Pisces
- 21:21 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:53 next day Taurus
- 00:53 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 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