Kathmandu panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 11:14 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:41 – 16:07
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 16:53, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:02 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:41 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:20 – 00:44 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:05 – 07:02
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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:33 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:02 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:41 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:41 – 16:07 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:07 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:41 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:41 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:05 next day | Avoid |
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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 16:07 Aquarius
- 16:07 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:09 Aries
- 19:09 – 21:05 Taurus
- 21:05 – 23:20 Gemini
- 23:20 – 01:39 next day Cancer
- 01:39 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 06:05 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