Kathmandu panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 09:19 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:32
- 10:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:08 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:27 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:32
- Karana Gara until 14:21, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:06 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:32
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:16 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 13:07 – 15:25
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. 04:56 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 06:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:21 – 06:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:32 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:46 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 06:46 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