Kathmandu panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 07:27 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:18
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:37 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:47 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:28
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:07 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:47
- Karana Balava until 10:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:47 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:18
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. 04:23 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:37 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:56 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:50 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:16 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:43 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:43 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:43 – 22:17 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:23 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 06:03 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 11:07 Scorpio
- 11:07 – 13:11 Sagittarius
- 13:11 – 14:54 Capricorn
- 14:54 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 06:03 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