Kathmandu panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 22:05 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:19
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:55 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:48 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:30
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 03:10 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:32
- Karana Vanija until 10:30, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:33 – 18:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:19
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 03:10 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 10:30
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:54 Leo
- 04:54 – 07:10 Virgo
- 07:10 – 09:28 Libra
- 09:28 – 11:46 Scorpio
- 11:46 – 13:51 Sagittarius
- 13:51 – 15:34 Capricorn
- 15:34 – 17:02 Aquarius
- 17:02 – 18:28 Pisces
- 18:28 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 05:58 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