Kathmandu panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 16:03 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:26
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:58 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:06
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:42
- Karana Bava until 10:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:12 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:24 – 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. 04:18 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:53 – 23:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 07:45 Virgo
- 07:45 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:09 Capricorn
- 16:09 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:36 Taurus
- 22:36 – 00:50 next day Gemini
- 00:50 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:26 next day Leo
- 05:26 – 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