Kathmandu panchang, 17 May 2028
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 00:48 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:41
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:46 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 05:42
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:18 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 16:51
- Karana Kaulava until 05:42, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:51 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:51 – 17:47 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. 03:50 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:05 Taurus
- 07:05 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:39 Cancer
- 11:39 – 13:55 Leo
- 13:55 – 16:10 Virgo
- 16:10 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 22:51 Sagittarius
- 22:51 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:03 next day Aquarius
- 02:03 – 03:29 next day Pisces
- 03:29 – 05:05 next day Aries
- 05:05 – 05:14 next day Taurus
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