Kathmandu panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 07:23 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:23 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:27
- 06:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:01 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:10 Moon enters Libra
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:34
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:20
- Karana Balava until 06:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:10 Moon enters Libra
- 02:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:27
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. 04:17 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 09:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 16:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:23 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:40 Leo
- 05:40 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 17:47 Aquarius
- 17:47 – 19:13 Pisces
- 19:13 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 03:19 next day Cancer
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 05:52 next day Virgo
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