27 August 2026
Sunrise and sunset today in Kathmandu
The Sun rises in Kathmandu at 5:39 AM today and sets at 6:30 PM, giving 12 hours 50 minutes of daylight.
Both times are computed from this city's own latitude and longitude for today's date, not read from a national table. India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so real sunrise varies across the country by well over an hour.
Today's sun and moon times for Kathmandu, Nepal
All times are local to Kathmandu, computed for Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45).
| Event | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 5:39 AM | The Sun's upper edge reaching the horizon, for this city's coordinates. |
| Sunset | 6:30 PM | The Sun's upper edge leaving the horizon. |
| Day length | 12h 50m 35s | Sunrise to sunset. Called dinamana in a panchang. |
| Night length | 11h 09m 53s | Sunset to the next sunrise. Called ratrimana. |
| Moonrise | 6:04 PM | Computed for the same coordinates, from the same ephemeris. |
| Moonset | 4:36 AM | As above. The Moon shifts by roughly 50 minutes a day. |
Sunrise and sunset for the next 7 days
Daylight changes a little each day. These seven rows are calculated for Kathmandu and stay on this stable URL rather than creating dated pages.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:39 AM | 6:30 PM | 12 hours 50 minutes | |
| 5:40 AM | 6:29 PM | 12 hours 49 minutes | |
| 5:40 AM | 6:28 PM | 12 hours 47 minutes | |
| 5:41 AM | 6:27 PM | 12 hours 45 minutes | |
| 5:41 AM | 6:26 PM | 12 hours 44 minutes | |
| 5:42 AM | 6:24 PM | 12 hours 42 minutes | |
| 5:42 AM | 6:23 PM | 12 hours 41 minutes |
What this sunrise decides
Most of a panchang is measured from sunrise rather than from midnight, so the figure above sets the boundaries of the day's other timings in Kathmandu: Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal are all divisions of the interval between it and sunset.
For tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows, open the full Panchang for Kathmandu.
Other cities
Sunrise and sunset are properties of a place, so each city is calculated separately. A time computed for Delhi is wrong in Chennai by a meaningful margin.
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How this is calculated
Positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, using this city's coordinates and today's date. Sunrise and sunset are the moments the Sun's upper edge crosses the horizon, which is the convention a printed panchang uses and the reason these times differ by a minute or two from a "centre of the disc" figure.
Moonrise and moonset come from the same calculation for the Moon. The Moon rises roughly 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise at all within the calendar day and that row is omitted rather than left blank.
Common questions
What time is sunrise in Kathmandu today?
The Sun rises in Kathmandu at 5:39 AM today, calculated for the city's own latitude and longitude rather than a national average.
What time is sunset in Kathmandu today?
Sunset in Kathmandu is at 6:30 PM today.
How long is the day in Kathmandu today?
12 hours 50 minutes of daylight and 11 hours 9 minutes of darkness. A panchang calls those two figures dinamana and ratrimana.
Which timezone are these times in?
All times on this page are local to Kathmandu, computed for Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45). They are not converted from Indian Standard Time.
Why is sunrise in Kathmandu different from Delhi?
India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so actual sunrise differs across the country by well over an hour. Every figure here is computed for Kathmandu's coordinates, which is also why the Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal windows measured from it differ from Delhi's.