Delhi panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 04:48 Phalguna month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:05
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:28 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:05
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:02 Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:30 Aquarius
- 06:30 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:54 Libra
- 22:54 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:16 next day Sagittarius
- 03:16 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:26 next day Aquarius
- 06:26 – 06:29 next day Pisces
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