Kathmandu panchang, 8 January 2028
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 13:32 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 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:46
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:23 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:35 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 10:22
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:03 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 19:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:46
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. 05:08 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 03:35 – 06:56 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:35 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:40 Aries
- 13:40 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 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