Delhi panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 06:57 Chaitra month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:56 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:00
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:31 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:00
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. 04:50 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:26 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:56 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 09:14 Aries
- 09:14 – 11:10 Taurus
- 11:10 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:45 Cancer
- 15:45 – 18:02 Leo
- 18:02 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 22:38 Libra
- 22:38 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 06:25 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