Kathmandu panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 12:46 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:31
- 08:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:31 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:43
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:11 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:43, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:48 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:11 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:31
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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:31 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:04 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:32 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:32 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:14 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 16:05 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:31 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:49 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:32 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:44 Scorpio
- 10:44 – 12:48 Sagittarius
- 12:48 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:25 Pisces
- 17:25 – 19:01 Aries
- 19:01 – 20:57 Taurus
- 20:57 – 23:12 Gemini
- 23:12 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 06:03 next day Virgo
- 06:03 – 06:07 next day Libra
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