Kathmandu panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 12:29 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:07 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:53
- 11:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:10 to 06:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:29 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:34
- Karana Balava until 11:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:25 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:53
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:29 – 06:50 next day
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. 05:00 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:25 – 23:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:25 – 06:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:25 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:49 – 08:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:07 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:53 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:07 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 06:50 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