Delhi panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 14:51 Ashwin month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:30
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:44 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:30 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:19 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:41 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:13 Virgo
- 06:13 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:05 Aquarius
- 16:05 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:01 Taurus
- 21:01 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 06:09 next day Virgo
- 06:09 – 06:27 next day Libra
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