Kathmandu panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 19:58 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 07:34 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:39
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:14 to 06:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:50 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:20
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:37 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:57, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:37 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 06:50 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:34 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:57 – 20:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:37 – 01:49 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. 05:04 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:20 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 15:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:57 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:14 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:40 Gemini
- 18:40 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 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