Delhi panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 10:11 Pausha month
Delhi, India · 28.65°, 77.23° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:27 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:35
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:27 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:27 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 07:10 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:20 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:10 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:27 – 09:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:44 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:44 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:10 next day | Bad |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 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