Delhi panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:59 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 06:16 Magha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:59 to 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:23 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:56
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:10 to 06:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 05:17 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:59 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:59 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:23 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:34 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:10 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:22 – 06:58 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
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:17 – 06:52 Capricorn
- 06:52 – 08:20 Aquarius
- 08:20 – 09:45 Pisces
- 09:45 – 11:20 Aries
- 11:20 – 13:16 Taurus
- 13:16 – 15:30 Gemini
- 15:30 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 22:24 Virgo
- 22:24 – 00:44 next day Libra
- 00:44 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:06 next day Sagittarius
- 05:06 – 06:49 next day Capricorn
- 06:49 – 06:58 next day Aquarius
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