Kathmandu panchang, 15 March 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 23:06 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:42
- 15:05 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:11 to 06:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 00:21 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:05 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:21 – 01:33 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. 04:37 – 05:25
- 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 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:00 – 06:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:00 – 06:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:00 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:12 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:46 Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:12 Taurus
- 11:12 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:46 Cancer
- 15:46 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 22:37 Libra
- 22:37 – 00:55 next day Scorpio
- 00:55 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 06:12 next day Pisces
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