Kathmandu panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 15:18 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:37 – 15:55
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:12 to 06:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:39
- Nakshatra Krittika until 11:00 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:47
- Karana Taitila until 14:39, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:55
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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 11:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:51 – 14:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:00 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:09 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:37 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:09 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 06:52 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