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Next Panchak

The next Panchak for your city is below: the Moon’s passage from the second half of Dhaniṣṭhā through Revatī, with every date to 2028 and what the texts bar in it.

Next Panchak in Delhi

Wed 21 Oct to Sun 25 Oct

It begins in 4 days. No popular name: it begins on a Wednesday.

Begins, the Moon enters KumbhaWed 21 Oct
07:00
Ends, the Moon leaves MīnaSun 25 Oct
19:22
Panchak 2026: every one, month by month

What the Panchak is

The Panchak is the Moon’s passage from the second half of Dhaniṣṭhā through Śatabhiṣā, the two Bhādrapadās and Revatī, which is its stay in sidereal Aquarius (Kumbha) and Pisces (Mīna). MC 2.48 commentary, p. 84; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 943

Every Panchak, 2026 to 2028

Each city’s own time

Names are popular practice; the texts read give the Dhaniṣṭhā-pañcaka no weekday names. A start before sunrise takes the previous day’s vāra, our reading. Each year’s page gives every month.

Panchak 2026

  • Wed 21 Jan, 01:35 to Sun 25 Jan, 13:35Agni Panchak (popular name) · Tuesday’s vāra
  • Tue 17 Feb, 09:05 to Sat 21 Feb, 19:07Agni Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 16 Mar, 18:14 to Sat 21 Mar, 02:27Raj Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 13 Apr, 03:44 to Fri 17 Apr, 12:02Rog Panchak (popular name) · Sunday’s vāra
  • Sun 10 May, 12:13 to Thu 14 May, 22:34Rog Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 6 Jun, 19:03 to Thu 11 Jun, 08:16Mrityu Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 4 Jul, 00:48 to Wed 8 Jul, 16:00Chor Panchak (popular name) · Friday’s vāra
  • Fri 31 Jul, 06:38 to Tue 4 Aug, 21:54Chor Panchak (popular name)
  • Thu 27 Aug, 13:35 to Tue 1 Sep, 03:24
  • Wed 23 Sep, 21:57 to Mon 28 Sep, 10:16
  • Wed 21 Oct, 07:00 to Sun 25 Oct, 19:22
  • Tue 17 Nov, 15:30 to Sun 22 Nov, 05:55Agni Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 14 Dec, 22:36 to Sat 19 Dec, 15:58Raj Panchak (popular name)

Panchak 2027

  • Mon 11 Jan, 04:35 to Fri 15 Jan, 23:51Rog Panchak (popular name) · Sunday’s vāra
  • Sun 7 Feb, 10:36 to Fri 12 Feb, 05:42Rog Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 6 Mar, 17:34 to Thu 11 Mar, 11:20Mrityu Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 3 Apr, 01:33 to Wed 7 Apr, 18:25Chor Panchak (popular name) · Friday’s vāra
  • Fri 30 Apr, 09:54 to Wed 5 May, 03:15Chor Panchak (popular name)
  • Thu 27 May, 17:49 to Tue 1 Jun, 12:50
  • Thu 24 Jun, 00:51 to Mon 28 Jun, 21:48
  • Wed 21 Jul, 07:04 to Mon 26 Jul, 05:14
  • Tue 17 Aug, 13:04 to Sun 22 Aug, 11:11Agni Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 13 Sep, 19:34 to Sat 18 Sep, 16:47Raj Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 11 Oct, 02:56 to Fri 15 Oct, 23:29Rog Panchak (popular name) · Sunday’s vāra
  • Sun 7 Nov, 10:59 to Fri 12 Nov, 07:55Rog Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 4 Dec, 19:07 to Thu 9 Dec, 17:27Mrityu Panchak (popular name)

Panchak 2028

  • Sat 1 Jan, 02:40 to Thu 6 Jan, 02:31Chor Panchak (popular name) · Friday’s vāra
  • Fri 28 Jan, 09:22 to Wed 2 Feb, 09:58Chor Panchak (popular name)
  • Thu 24 Feb, 15:32 to Tue 29 Feb, 15:58
  • Wed 22 Mar, 21:48 to Mon 27 Mar, 21:46
  • Wed 19 Apr, 04:45 to Mon 24 Apr, 04:27Agni Panchak (popular name) · Tuesday’s vāra
  • Tue 16 May, 12:30 to Sun 21 May, 12:18Agni Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 12 Jun, 20:36 to Sat 17 Jun, 20:49Raj Panchak (popular name)
  • Mon 10 Jul, 04:21 to Sat 15 Jul, 05:05Rog Panchak (popular name) · Sunday’s vāra
  • Sun 6 Aug, 11:18 to Fri 11 Aug, 12:22Rog Panchak (popular name)
  • Sat 2 Sep, 17:28 to Thu 7 Sep, 18:36Mrityu Panchak (popular name)
  • Fri 29 Sep, 23:27 to Thu 5 Oct, 00:28Chor Panchak (popular name)
  • Fri 27 Oct, 06:02 to Wed 1 Nov, 06:54
  • Thu 23 Nov, 13:47 to Tue 28 Nov, 14:28
  • Wed 20 Dec, 22:28 to Mon 25 Dec, 22:51

What the texts bar

The texts read bar these acts while the Moon is in the Panchak.

Nothing else is barred by the Panchak in the texts read. The Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi’s own marriage stars include Uttara-bhādrapadā and Revatī, both inside it. MC 6.53

Questions

From the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi and its commentary, the Nirṇaya-sindhu and the Dharmasindhu, with the page for each.

When is the next Panchak?

In Delhi, from 21 October 2026 at 07:00 to 25 October 2026 at 19:22, Delhi time. No popular name: it begins on a Wednesday.

What is not done in Panchak?

The texts read bar cremation, travel to the south, weaving a cot, roofing a house, gathering grass and wood, and raising a house’s pillars. Nothing else is barred by the Panchak in them. MC 2.48 commentary, pp. 84⁠–⁠85; Dharmasindhu p. 242

Are marriages done in Panchak?

The texts read do not bar them. The Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi’s own marriage stars include Uttara-bhādrapadā and Revatī, both inside the Panchak. MC 6.53

What happens if someone dies in Panchak?

The texts hold both the death and the cremation in the Panchak faulted, and they bar the cremation in it. When it cannot wait, they give the effigy rite after a śānti: four kuśa effigies in the Garuḍa, five in the Brahma-purāṇa. The Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi’s commentary prefers the cremation that same day, with the rite. MC 2.48 commentary, pp. 85⁠–⁠86; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 943⁠–⁠944

What are Raj, Agni, Chor, Mrityu and Rog Panchak?

Popular practice names a Panchak by the weekday it begins on: Sunday Rog, Monday Raj, Tuesday Agni, Friday Chor and Saturday Mrityu, and a Wednesday or Thursday start has no name. The texts read give the Dhaniṣṭhā-pañcaka no weekday names: the five names are the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi’s bāṇas, a separate count with its own weekday table. MC 6.71⁠–⁠72, pp. 289⁠–⁠290

How the times are found

Read the methodology
The span
From the Moon’s entry into sidereal Aquarius to its exit from Pisces, by the Lahiri ayanamsa. Each is one moment everywhere.
The weekday
The vāra current at the start in the chosen city, from sunrise to sunrise, which is our reading.
The times
In each city’s own time. A Panchak that crosses the new year appears in both years.

Sidereal Moon, Lahiri ayanamsa · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method