Kathmandu panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 06:44 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:48 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:48 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 15:05
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:11 to 05:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 15:24
- Karana Bava until 08:01, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:24 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:48 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 13:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:09 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:08 – 13:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:10 – 05:48 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. 04:15 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:48 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:38 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:38 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:48 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 06:13 Leo
- 06:13 – 08:28 Virgo
- 08:28 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:09 Sagittarius
- 15:09 – 16:52 Capricorn
- 16:52 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 21:23 Aries
- 21:23 – 23:19 Taurus
- 23:19 – 01:33 next day Gemini
- 01:33 – 03:53 next day Cancer
- 03:53 – 05:48 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