Kathmandu panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:54 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:41
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:21 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:54 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:01 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:41 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 19:00
- Karana Vishti until 14:21, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:41
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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 12:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 02:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:29 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 08:04 Aquarius
- 08:04 – 09:30 Pisces
- 09:30 – 11:07 Aries
- 11:07 – 13:03 Taurus
- 13:03 – 15:17 Gemini
- 15:17 – 17:37 Cancer
- 17:37 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 22:08 Virgo
- 22:08 – 00:27 next day Libra
- 00:27 – 02:45 next day Scorpio
- 02:45 – 04:49 next day Sagittarius
- 04:49 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:41 next day Aquarius
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