Delhi panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 13:12 Shravana month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 14:01 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:18
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:54 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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. 04:26 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:17 – 21:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:39 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:02 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:54 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 10:17 Virgo
- 10:17 – 12:36 Libra
- 12:36 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 16:59 Sagittarius
- 16:59 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:09 Aries
- 23:09 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:19 next day Gemini
- 03:19 – 05:39 next day Cancer
- 05:39 – 05:54 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