Kathmandu panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 11:36 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:26
- 07:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:21 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:46 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:05
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:46 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:30
- Karana Vishti until 07:25, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:46 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:35 – 07:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:26
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 02:46 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:46 – 06:56 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. 05:07 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:46 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:34 Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:22 Cancer
- 20:22 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:30 next day Scorpio
- 05:30 – 06:56 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