Delhi panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 01:38 Pausha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:37
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:42 to 07:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 05:27 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:34 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:11 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:16 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