Delhi panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 07:00 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 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 17:47
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:47 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 17:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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 17:47 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:08 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)
- 05:27 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:47 Capricorn
- 08:47 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:10 Taurus
- 15:10 – 17:24 Gemini
- 17:24 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 07:00 next day Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 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