नेपाली पात्रो आजको पञ्चाङ्ग · Nepali Panchang Today
नेपाली पात्रो र आजको पञ्चाङ्ग — accurate daily Thiti, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Muhurta and Rahukaal timings for Nepal, on the Bikram Sambat calendar. Plan your important activities with authentic Vedic wisdom.
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नेपाली पात्रो र पञ्चाङ्ग — what the five limbs mean
A नेपाली पात्रो tells you the date. A पञ्चाङ्ग tells you what kind of day it is. Panchanga means “five limbs” — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and var. Read together they are how Vedic astrology decides whether a day suits a particular undertaking, and they are what every shubh muhurat is calculated from. The values above are computed for Kathmandu on the Bikram Sambat calendar.
Tithi (तिथि) — the lunar day
The moon’s distance from the sun, divided into thirty parts across a lunar month. A tithi does not match a 24-hour day: it can run long or short, which is why a festival sometimes falls on a different English date each year. Purnima is the full moon, Amavasya the new moon, and Ekadashi the eleventh — the fasting day.
Nakshatra (नक्षत्र) — the lunar mansion
The twenty-seven segments of sky the moon passes through, each with its own ruling deity and character. Your birth nakshatra determines the naamakshar — the syllable a child’s name traditionally begins with — and nakshatra matching is one of the eight kootas in Kundali Milan.
Yoga (योग) and Karana (करण)
Yoga is the combined position of sun and moon, twenty-seven in all; some, like Siddha and Amrita, are considered favourable, while Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are avoided for new work. Karana is half a tithi, eleven in rotation — a finer division used when a muhurat needs to be fixed to a narrower window.
Var (वार) — the weekday and its planet
Each weekday belongs to a graha: Sunday to Surya, Monday to Chandra, through to Saturday and Shani. The ruling planet sets the tone of the day and decides when Rahu Kaal falls, which is why the inauspicious window moves from day to day.
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal and Choghadiya
Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, is divided into eight parts, and three of them carry a caution. These are the periods people check a पात्रो for before starting something that matters.
Rahu Kaal (राहुकाल)
Roughly ninety minutes each day ruled by Rahu, the shadow graha. New ventures, journeys, signing, and buying are traditionally held back until it passes. Its slot depends on the weekday, so it is never at the same clock time twice in a row. Work already under way is unaffected — Rahu Kaal concerns beginnings.
Yamaganda (यमगण्ड) and Gulika Kaal (गुलिक काल)
Two further daily windows, treated as less severe than Rahu Kaal but avoided for the same kinds of beginning. Yamaganda is associated with obstruction and delay; Gulika, linked to Shani, is avoided for anything meant to last, which is why it matters for a marriage or a griha pravesh rather than an errand.
Choghadiya (चौघडिया)
A separate eightfold division of the day, each part named — Amrit, Shubh and Labh are the favourable ones, Rog, Kaal and Udveg the ones to avoid, with Char suiting travel. Choghadiya is the quick method: where a full muhurat calculation takes a chart, Choghadiya answers “is the next hour alright” from the weekday and the time since sunrise.
Bikram Sambat, and why the Nepali date moves
Nepal runs on Bikram Sambat, about 56 years and 8 months ahead of the Gregorian calendar — 2082 BS spans 2025–26 AD. The year opens in Baisakh, in mid-April, and month lengths are not fixed: a Nepali month runs anywhere from 29 to 32 days, because the calendar is solar-sidereal and follows the sun’s actual passage through the zodiac rather than a set count. That is why a BS date cannot be converted with simple arithmetic, and why a proper Nepali date converter is needed rather than an offset.
The same reasoning governs the festivals. Dashain, Tihar, Teej and Maghe Sankranti are set by tithi and by the sun’s entry into a rashi, not by a fixed Gregorian date — so they land on a different English date each year while staying on exactly the same day of the Nepali religious calendar.
Using the panchanga for a real decision
For everyday timing, the daily panchanga above is enough: check the tithi and nakshatra, avoid Rahu Kaal, and pick a favourable Choghadiya. For a marriage, a griha pravesh, a bratabandha or a business opening, the day is only half the question — the other half is your own chart, because a date that is broadly auspicious can still sit badly against a particular horoscope. That is what a shubh muhurat calculation resolves, and it is read from a Kundali rather than from the calendar alone.