Kathmandu panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 14:32 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:13
- 07:15 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:28 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:27
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:48 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:15 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:51 – 15:03 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:08 – 20:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:23 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:18 – 21:27
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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:28 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:08 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:13 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:38 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:03 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:23 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:55 Virgo
- 05:55 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:32 Scorpio
- 10:32 – 12:36 Sagittarius
- 12:36 – 14:19 Capricorn
- 14:19 – 15:47 Aquarius
- 15:47 – 17:13 Pisces
- 17:13 – 18:49 Aries
- 18:49 – 20:45 Taurus
- 20:45 – 23:00 Gemini
- 23:00 – 01:19 next day Cancer
- 01:19 – 03:36 next day Leo
- 03:36 – 05:51 next day Virgo
- 05:51 – 06:08 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