Kathmandu panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 06:59 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:13
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:07 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:01 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:15 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:54
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:47, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:15 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:15 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:19
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:54 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:13
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. 04:54 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Char | 14:31 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:44 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 06:44 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