Kathmandu panchang, 3 May 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 13:00 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:40
- 06:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:37 to 05:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:04 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:05
- Karana Balava until 06:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 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. 03:57 – 04:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:28 Pisces
- 04:28 – 06:04 Aries
- 06:04 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 19:24 Libra
- 19:24 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:24 next day Pisces
- 04:24 – 05:22 next day Aries
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