Panchang
The five limbs of the day, tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vaar, with sunrise, sunset and the day's traditional periods, worked out for the city you choose.
Panchang for Sunday, 18 October 2026Delhi
- Sunrise
- 06:24
- Sunset
- 17:49
- Tithi
- Saptami · Shukla paksha until 08:28
- thenAshtami · Shukla paksha until 10:52, next day
Traditional group: Bhadra (welfare)
The lunar day: each tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12 degrees on the Sun, thirty to a lunar month.
- Nakshatra
- Purva Ashadha until 12:49
- thenUttara Ashadha until 15:38, next day
Lord: Venus (Shukra)
The lunar mansion the Moon is passing through, one of twenty-seven.
- Yoga
- Sukarma until 23:56
- thenDhriti until 00:35, 20 October
One of twenty-seven, from the Sun's and the Moon's places added together.
- Karana
- Vanija until 08:28
- thenVishti (Bhadra) until 21:42
- thenBava until 10:52, next day
Movable karana
Half of a tithi. Eleven karanas share the sixty halves of a lunar month.
- Vaar
- RavivaraPlanet: Sun (Surya)
The weekday, from sunrise to sunrise, each with its traditional planet.
Shukla paksha is the bright half of the lunar month, as the Moon waxes; Krishna paksha the dark half, as it wanes.
Periods of the day
- Rahu kaal
16:23 to 17:49
An eighth of the daylight that tradition links with Rahu. Many families avoid beginning new work in it.
- Yamaganda
12:06 to 13:32
An eighth of the daylight that tradition links with Yama. Many families avoid beginning new work in it.
- Gulika kaal
14:57 to 16:23
An eighth of the daylight that tradition links with Gulika, Saturn's son.
- Abhijit muhurat
11:43 to 12:29
The muhurat around midday, the eighth of fifteen in the daylight, which tradition holds auspicious.
Worked out for Delhi as the Drik panchangs do: the day runs from sunrise to sunrise, the Moon's and the Sun's places are calculated, the zodiac is the Lahiri (sidereal) one, and times are Indian Standard Time, to within a minute or two. Regional panchangs may differ slightly.
These are traditional reckonings of the day, the same for everyone in the city. They are not advice.