Kathmandu panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 21:51 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:40
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:26 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:12 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:27
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:51 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:12 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:27 – 07:27 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:40
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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:41
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:51 – 05:42 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:51 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:24 Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:42 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