Delhi panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 05:27 Chaitra month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 17:10
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:46 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 17:10
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. 04:25 – 05:10
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:54 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:10 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:33 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:20 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:24 Aries
- 07:24 – 09:20 Taurus
- 09:20 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 05:53 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