Delhi panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 06:13 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 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:53 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:08
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:46 to 07:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:53 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:08
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) 12:10 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:15 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:53 | Good |
| Rog | 09:53 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:53 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 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
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:08 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)
- 05:27 – 07:08 Sagittarius
- 07:08 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:18 Aquarius
- 10:18 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:14 Taurus
- 15:14 – 17:28 Gemini
- 17:28 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:22 next day Virgo
- 00:22 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:04 next day Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 07:15 next day Capricorn
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