Kathmandu panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 09:52 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:19
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:00
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:35 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:00, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:43 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:35 – 02:47 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:42 – 06:51 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- 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 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:50 – 09:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 06:51 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