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Panchang for Kathmandu — 13 August 2026

Shukla Pratipada tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Thursday · (27.7172°, 85.324°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Kathmandu (27.7172°, 85.324°)'s own sunrise — 05:33 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Pratipadauntil 08:57 PMNanda tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 4until 06:21 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaVariyanauntil 12:31 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaKimstughnauntil 10:06 AMFixed karana — auspicious, conducive to good beginnings.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:33 AM
Sunset06:44 PM
Moonrise05:58 AM
Moonset07:09 PM
Moon inCancer
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:42 AM – 12:34 PM
Brahma Muhurta03:57 AM – 04:45 AM
Amrit Kalam04:25 AM – 05:54 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:47 PM – 03:26 PM
Gulika Kalam08:50 AM – 10:29 AM
Yamaganda05:33 AM – 07:11 AM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta01:27 PM – 02:20 PM
Durmuhurta04:58 PM – 05:51 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh05:33 AM – 07:11 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog07:11 AM – 08:50 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg08:50 AM – 10:29 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:29 AM – 12:08 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:08 PM – 01:47 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:47 PM – 03:26 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:26 PM – 05:05 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh05:05 PM – 06:44 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit06:44 PM – 08:05 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal08:05 PM – 09:26 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:26 PM – 10:47 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:47 PM – 12:08 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:08 AM – 01:29 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:29 AM – 02:50 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh02:50 AM – 04:11 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:11 AM – 05:33 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle