Delhi panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 04:53 Chaitra month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:12
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:46 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 11:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:12
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. 04:26 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:32 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:28 Aquarius
- 04:28 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:52 Libra
- 20:52 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 05:54 next day Aries
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