Kathmandu panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 22:18 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 17:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:29
- 07:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:01 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:29 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:29 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:03
- Karana Kaulava until 07:00, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:29 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:01 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:03 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:29
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:03 – 01:27 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. 05:09 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:29 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:15 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:29 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:04 Taurus
- 15:04 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:51 next day Sagittarius
- 06:51 – 06:56 next day Capricorn
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