Delhi panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 16:37 Margashirsha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:45
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:37
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:28 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:45
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:37
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. 05:21 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:28 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:45 – 11:02 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:37 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:11 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 02:03 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:46 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:40 next day Scorpio
- 06:40 – 07:12 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