Delhi panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 04:42 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:34
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:25 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:34
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. 05:18 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 07:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:20 Aquarius
- 12:20 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 07:02 next day Scorpio
- 07:02 – 07:09 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 IST (UTC+5:30) · Method