Delhi panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 09:40 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 07:46 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam 09:39 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:49
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:23 to 07:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:46 – 08:27
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:39 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 05:15 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:23 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:05 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 07:05 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:22 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:22 – 09:39 | Good |
| Rog | 09:39 – 10:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:14 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:23 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:23 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:40 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:40 – 05:23 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:05 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:15 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
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