Delhi panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 04:37 Vaishakha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 19:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:30 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:30 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:40
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:04 to 05:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:30 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:40
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. 04:07 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:04 – 21:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:30 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:40 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:53 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:26 Taurus
- 07:26 – 09:40 Gemini
- 09:40 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:54 Libra
- 18:54 – 21:12 Scorpio
- 21:12 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 03:51 next day Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:26 next day Aries
- 05:26 – 05:30 next day Taurus
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