Delhi panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 11:35 Ashwin month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:23
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:49 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:23 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:49 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:23 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:23 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:06 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:24 next day | Avoid |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 08:52 Libra
- 08:52 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 14:57 Capricorn
- 14:57 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:24 next day Virgo
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