Delhi panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 13:56 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:09 – 17:26
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:26 to 07:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:09
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:09 – 17:26
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 07:10 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. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:26 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:10 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:27 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:27 – 09:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:44 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:35 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:09 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:09 – 17:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:09 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:18 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 02:01 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:10 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