Kathmandu panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 14:51 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 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:35
- 07:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:30 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:00 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:16
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:22 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:20
- Karana Taitila until 07:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:30 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:20 – 18:44
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 00:46 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:46 – 05:53 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. 04:17 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:53 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:38 Leo
- 05:38 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 10:12 Libra
- 10:12 – 12:30 Scorpio
- 12:30 – 14:34 Sagittarius
- 14:34 – 16:17 Capricorn
- 16:17 – 17:45 Aquarius
- 17:45 – 19:11 Pisces
- 19:11 – 20:47 Aries
- 20:47 – 22:43 Taurus
- 22:43 – 00:58 next day Gemini
- 00:58 – 03:17 next day Cancer
- 03:17 – 05:34 next day Leo
- 05:34 – 05:53 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