Kathmandu panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:09 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:01
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:01 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:49 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:37
- Karana Kaulava until 18:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:37 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:01
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) 11:32 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 05:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:42 Leo
- 05:42 – 07:57 Virgo
- 07:57 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:34 Scorpio
- 12:34 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:21 Capricorn
- 16:21 – 17:49 Aquarius
- 17:49 – 19:15 Pisces
- 19:15 – 20:51 Aries
- 20:51 – 22:47 Taurus
- 22:47 – 01:02 next day Gemini
- 01:02 – 03:21 next day Cancer
- 03:21 – 05:38 next day Leo
- 05:38 – 05:52 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