Kathmandu panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 10:39 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:30
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:04 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:06 to 05:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:14
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:37
- Karana Balava until 09:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:04 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:37 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:35 – 12:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:37 – 13:49
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. 04:16 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:37 – 05:50 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:37 – 05:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:37 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:50 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:31 Libra
- 10:31 – 12:49 Scorpio
- 12:49 – 14:54 Sagittarius
- 14:54 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:31 Pisces
- 19:31 – 21:07 Aries
- 21:07 – 23:03 Taurus
- 23:03 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:37 next day Cancer
- 03:37 – 05:50 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