Kathmandu panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 18:45 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 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:10 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:57 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 15:56
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:14 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:41
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:43
- Karana Taitila until 13:30, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:48 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:57 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:31 – 00:37 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:53 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 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 23:05
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:52 – 08:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:10 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:46 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:36 next day Virgo
- 01:36 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 06:53 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