Kathmandu panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:37 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:42
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:32 to 05:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:10 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:31 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 13:05
- Karana Vanija until 15:44, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:18 – 22:10
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. 04:10 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 23:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 23:31
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:53 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:14 Cancer
- 05:14 – 07:30 Leo
- 07:30 – 09:45 Virgo
- 09:45 – 12:04 Libra
- 12:04 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:03 Pisces
- 21:03 – 22:39 Aries
- 22:39 – 00:36 next day Taurus
- 00:36 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 05:39 next day Leo
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