Kathmandu panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 12:31 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:32
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:04 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:59 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:16
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:49
- Karana Vanija until 13:16, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:59 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:59 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:51 – 22:59
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. 04:17 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:29 | Good |
| Rog | 13:29 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:29 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:23 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:49 Leo
- 05:49 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:23 Libra
- 10:23 – 12:42 Scorpio
- 12:42 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:23 Pisces
- 19:23 – 20:59 Aries
- 20:59 – 22:55 Taurus
- 22:55 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 05:46 next day Leo
- 05:46 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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