Kathmandu panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 14:24 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:08
- 07:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:51 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:15, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:24 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:51 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:08
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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:08 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:12 | Good |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:51 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 06:51 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