Kathmandu panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 02:30 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:19
- 12:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:32
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 03:07 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:09, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:07 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:26 next day Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:26 – 06:00 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 23:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:00 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:35 Leo
- 04:35 – 06:50 Virgo
- 06:50 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:27 Scorpio
- 11:27 – 13:31 Sagittarius
- 13:31 – 15:14 Capricorn
- 15:14 – 16:42 Aquarius
- 16:42 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:44 Aries
- 19:44 – 21:41 Taurus
- 21:41 – 23:55 Gemini
- 23:55 – 02:15 next day Cancer
- 02:15 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 06:00 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