Delhi panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 14:08 Shravana month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:30 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:38 – 17:16
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:53 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:30 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:38 – 17:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:54 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 18:53 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 14:01 | Good |
| Rog | 14:01 – 15:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:38 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:16 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:39 – 23:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:01 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 05:54 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:32 Libra
- 12:32 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:55 Sagittarius
- 16:55 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:15 next day Gemini
- 03:15 – 05:35 next day Cancer
- 05:35 – 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