Kathmandu panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 06:55 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:10- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:48 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 07:30 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:34
- 07:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:10 to 06:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:51
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:38 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:36 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:30 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:17 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:49 next day | Good |
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
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
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