Delhi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 12:17 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:25
- Gulika Kalam 09:42 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:22
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:25 to 07:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:19 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:42 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:22
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 – 06:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:25 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:25 – 09:42 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:42 – 10:59 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:08 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:08 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:34 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:17 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:17 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:43 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:43 – 05:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:26 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 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