Delhi panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 18:41 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 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:25 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:36
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:36 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 16:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:33 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:08 – 12:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:25 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:26 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:08 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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