Delhi panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 11:48 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:33
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:25 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:25 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 next day
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. 05:18 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:25 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:07 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:25 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 10:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:33 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:50 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:08 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:59 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:42 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:08 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
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:08 next day Sagittarius
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