Kathmandu panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 20:09 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:52
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:24 to 05:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:06
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:39 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 02:05 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:06, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:32 – 09:06
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:01 – 06:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:33 – 09:34
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:43 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 09:16 Virgo
- 09:16 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 17:40 Capricorn
- 17:40 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 20:34 Pisces
- 20:34 – 22:10 Aries
- 22:10 – 00:06 next day Taurus
- 00:06 – 02:20 next day Gemini
- 02:20 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 05:43 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