Delhi panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 10:18 Shravana month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:20
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:57 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:52 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 05:08
- 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 18:57 – 21:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:41 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:19 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:41 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:52 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 12:48 Libra
- 12:48 – 15:07 Scorpio
- 15:07 – 17:11 Sagittarius
- 17:11 – 18:53 Capricorn
- 18:53 – 20:20 Aquarius
- 20:20 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:16 next day Taurus
- 01:16 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 05:52 next day Leo
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