Delhi panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 17:30 Pausha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 17:35- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:00
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:35 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 next day
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. 05:26 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:32 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Char | 12:25 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:35 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:25 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:15 next day | Good |
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
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 07:15 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