Kathmandu panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 17:32 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:09
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:13 to 06:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:13
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 13:06
- Karana Bava until 07:13, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:09
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:52 – 02:02 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. 05:03 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:52 – 07:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:02 – 06:52 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:02 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:20 – 14:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:38 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:38 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 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