Kathmandu panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 20:10 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:22
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:10
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:35 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:28 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:35 – 04:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:22
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 07:51
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. 04:20 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:51 – 05:57 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:51 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:57 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 07:18 Virgo
- 07:18 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:08 Taurus
- 22:08 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Cancer
- 02:42 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 05:57 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