Delhi panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 08:52 Magha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 13:51
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:49 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:14 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:53 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:51 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:14 next day | Bad |
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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:52 Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 14:58 Taurus
- 14:58 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 07:14 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