Kathmandu panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 11:59 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:48 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:06
- 09:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:10 to 06:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:41 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:41
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:45 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:36
- Karana Vishti until 11:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:36 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:41 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:01 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:28 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:36 – 12:34 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:06
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:48 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:44 next day Scorpio
- 06:44 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
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