Kathmandu panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 13:00 Kartika month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:48 – 13:08
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:09 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:21 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:25 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:20
- Karana Balava until 18:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:20 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:20 – 11:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:08
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:48 | Good |
| Rog | 11:48 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:28 next day | Bad |
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. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:24 Libra
- 06:24 – 08:42 Scorpio
- 08:42 – 10:46 Sagittarius
- 10:46 – 12:29 Capricorn
- 12:29 – 13:57 Aquarius
- 13:57 – 15:23 Pisces
- 15:23 – 16:59 Aries
- 16:59 – 18:55 Taurus
- 18:55 – 21:10 Gemini
- 21:10 – 23:29 Cancer
- 23:29 – 01:46 next day Leo
- 01:46 – 04:01 next day Virgo
- 04:01 – 06:20 next day Libra
- 06:20 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
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