Kathmandu panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 17:32 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:14
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:03 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:14
- Karana Taitila until 08:14, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:03 – 05:41 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. 04:11 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 01:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:04 Cancer
- 05:04 – 07:20 Leo
- 07:20 – 09:35 Virgo
- 09:35 – 11:54 Libra
- 11:54 – 14:12 Scorpio
- 14:12 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 05:00 next day Cancer
- 05:00 – 05:41 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