Kathmandu panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:47 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:58
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:35 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:33 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:41, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:41 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:08 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:33 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:33 – 06:45 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:08 – 05:38 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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:08 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:38 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:15 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:40 Leo
- 07:40 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:14 Libra
- 12:14 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:19 Capricorn
- 18:19 – 19:47 Aquarius
- 19:47 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:45 next day Taurus
- 00:45 – 03:00 next day Gemini
- 03:00 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 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