Kathmandu panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 12:02 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 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:40
- 06:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:32 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:09
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:02 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:17
- Karana Taitila until 06:09, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:40
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 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:32 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 10:02
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:31 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:23 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:48 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:32 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:32 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:32 – 06:06 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:48 Scorpio
- 10:48 – 12:52 Sagittarius
- 12:52 – 14:35 Capricorn
- 14:35 – 16:03 Aquarius
- 16:03 – 17:29 Pisces
- 17:29 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:52 next day Leo
- 03:52 – 06:06 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