Delhi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 06:23 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 19:05- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:22
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:05 to 05:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:22
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. 04:06 – 04:48
- 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 19:05 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:29 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:29 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 19:05 | Good |
| Char | 19:05 – 20:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:23 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:41 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:29 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
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:22 Aries
- 05:22 – 07:18 Taurus
- 07:18 – 09:33 Gemini
- 09:33 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:26 Virgo
- 16:26 – 18:46 Libra
- 18:46 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 00:51 next day Capricorn
- 00:51 – 02:18 next day Aquarius
- 02:18 – 03:43 next day Pisces
- 03:43 – 05:18 next day Aries
- 05:18 – 05:29 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