Delhi panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 09:19 Shravana month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 12:25 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 15:41 – 17:20
- Durmuhurta 17:13 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam 17:20 – 18:58
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:58 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:13 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:20 – 18:58
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 next day
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. 04:24 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:09
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:51 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:51 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:25 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:03 – 15:41 | Good |
| Rog | 15:41 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:42 | Good |
| Char | 21:42 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:25 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:08 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:33 Virgo
- 10:33 – 12:52 Libra
- 12:52 – 15:11 Scorpio
- 15:11 – 17:15 Sagittarius
- 17:15 – 18:57 Capricorn
- 18:57 – 20:24 Aquarius
- 20:24 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:52 next day Cancer
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