Kathmandu panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 12:51 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 18:36- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:37 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:00
- 08:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:36 to 05:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:33
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:40 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:31, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:40 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:40 – 05:33 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. 04:09 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:23 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:37 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:58 – 18:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:36 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 07:44 Leo
- 07:44 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:17 Libra
- 12:17 – 14:36 Scorpio
- 14:36 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:17 Pisces
- 21:17 – 22:53 Aries
- 22:53 – 00:49 next day Taurus
- 00:49 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 05:38 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