Delhi panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 14:41 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 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:27 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:24
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:27 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:44
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:24
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) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:27 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:27 – 09:44 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:44 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:36 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:36 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 02:02 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:28 – 07:11 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 06:47 next day Scorpio
- 06:47 – 07:11 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