Panchang · New Delhi
Panchang for Monday, 18 May 2026
On Monday, 18 May 2026, the sun rises in New Delhi at 5:28 AM and sets at 7:06 PM. The tithi at sunrise is Shukla Dwitiya (until 5:53 PM) and the nakshatra Rohini (until 11:32 AM). Rahu kaal runs from 7:11 AM to 8:53 AM, and the abhijit muhurat from 11:50 AM to 12:44 PM.
What changed since the previous day
- Previous sunrise: Shukla Pratipada; this sunrise: Shukla Dwitiya.
- Previous sunrise: Krittika; this sunrise: Rohini.
- Next day (19 May 2026) at sunrise: Shukla Tritiya.
The five limbs
Every tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana in force from sunrise to the next sunrise in New Delhi, each with its end time.
Vara (weekday)
Monday
sunrise to next sunrise
Tithi
Shukla Dwitiya
until 5:53 PM
Shukla Tritiya
5:53 PM to 19 May, 2:19 PM
Nakshatra
Rohinilord Moon
until 11:32 AM
Mrigashiralord Mars
11:32 AM to 19 May, 8:41 AM
Yoga
Sukarma
until 9:47 PM
Dhriti
9:47 PM to 19 May, 5:48 PM
Karana
Balava
until 7:46 AM
Kaulava
7:46 AM to 5:53 PM
Taitila
5:53 PM to 19 May, 4:04 AM
Gara
19 May, 4:04 AM to 19 May, 2:19 PM
Moon sign
- Taurusuntil 10:05 PM
- Geminiuntil 20 May, 10:39 PM
Sun sign: Taurus
Times usually avoided
- Rahu kaal7:11 AM – 8:53 AM
- Yamaganda10:35 AM – 12:17 PM
- Gulika kaal1:59 PM – 3:42 PM
- Dur muhurat 112:44 PM – 1:39 PM
- Dur muhurat 23:28 PM – 4:23 PM
Auspicious window
- Abhijit muhurat11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
- Paksha
- Shukla
- Month (amanta / purnimanta)
- Adhik Jyeshtha (adhik) / Adhik Jyeshtha
- Samvat
- Vikram 2083 · Shaka 1948
- Ritu · Ayana
- Grishma (summer) · Uttarayana
- Daylight
- 13 h 38 m
- Ayanamsa
- Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) 24°13′38″
Choghadiya
Day and night, each in eight parts: Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good; Char is neutral; Rog, Kaal and Udveg are avoided.
Day choghadiya
- AmritGood5:28 AM – 7:11 AM
- KaalAvoid7:11 AM – 8:53 AM
- ShubhGood8:53 AM – 10:35 AM
- RogAvoid10:35 AM – 12:17 PM
- UdvegAvoid12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
- CharNeutral1:59 PM – 3:42 PM
- LabhGood3:42 PM – 5:24 PM
- AmritGood5:24 PM – 7:06 PM
Night choghadiya
- CharNeutral7:06 PM – 8:24 PM
- RogAvoid8:24 PM – 9:42 PM
- KaalAvoid9:42 PM – 10:59 PM
- LabhGood10:59 PM – 12:17 AM
- UdvegAvoid12:17 AM – 1:35 AM
- ShubhGood1:35 AM – 2:52 AM
- AmritGood2:52 AM – 4:10 AM
- CharNeutral4:10 AM – 5:28 AM
Hora
Each hora’s ruling planet and start time.
Day horas
- Moon5:28 AM
- Saturn6:37 AM
- Jupiter7:45 AM
- Mars8:53 AM
- Sun10:01 AM
- Venus11:09 AM
- Mercury12:17 PM
- Moon1:25 PM
- Saturn2:33 PM
- Jupiter3:42 PM
- Mars4:50 PM
- Sun5:58 PM
Night horas
- Venus7:06 PM
- Mercury7:58 PM
- Moon8:50 PM
- Saturn9:42 PM
- Jupiter10:33 PM
- Mars11:25 PM
- Sun12:17 AM
- Venus1:09 AM
- Mercury2:01 AM
- Moon2:52 AM
- Saturn3:44 AM
- Jupiter4:36 AM
18 May 2026, New Delhi (28.62, 77.21), time zone Asia/Kolkata. Sunrise: upper limb with standard refraction. Amrit kaal and varjyam are not given — their ghati tables differ between sources.
18 May 2026: questions
Which tithi is it on 18 May 2026?
On 18 May 2026 in New Delhi, the tithi at sunrise is Shukla Dwitiya (Shukla paksha), until 5:53 PM; then Shukla Tritiya. The month is Adhik Jyeshtha (amanta) / Adhik Jyeshtha (purnimanta).
Which nakshatra is it on 18 May 2026?
Rohini at sunrise, until 11:32 AM; then Mrigashira.
When is rahu kaal in New Delhi on 18 May 2026?
From 7:11 AM to 8:53 AM. Yamaganda is 10:35 AM–12:17 PM and gulika 1:59 PM–3:42 PM.
What time is sunrise in New Delhi on 18 May 2026?
Sunrise is at 5:28 AM and sunset at 7:06 PM — the Sun's upper limb with standard refraction, the convention of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris and of Drik Panchang (our times agree with the official ephemeris within a quarter of a minute). Almanacs that print the Sun's centre without refraction give sunrise about 3–4 minutes later and sunset as much earlier.
These times are for New Delhi. The same date for another city: panchang finder. Need a time for an auspicious start? Find a muhurat.
Reading a panchang
- Tithi
- Each 12° of separation between the Moon and the Sun is one tithi — 30 in a lunar month, 15 in each of the bright (Shukla) and dark (Krishna) halves. A day takes the tithi running at sunrise; sometimes a tithi never touches a sunrise (kshaya) and sometimes one spans two (vriddhi).
- Nakshatra
- The 27 equal lunar mansions of the zodiac, each 13°20′. The Moon crosses about one a day. Muhurat and naming lean on the nakshatra more than anything else.
- Yoga
- The sum of the Sun’s and Moon’s sidereal longitudes, in 27 parts of 13°20′, from Vishkumbha to Vaidhriti; Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are avoided for auspicious work.
- Karana
- Half a tithi — usually two in a day. Nothing auspicious is begun in Vishti (Bhadra) karana.
- Vara
- The Hindu weekday runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, not from midnight.
- Rahu kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika
- Daylight split into eight parts, one part each by weekday. Tradition avoids them for beginning something new; ordinary work goes on.
- Choghadiya and hora
- Choghadiya divides day and night into eight parts each; a hora gives the ruling planet of each twelfth of the day. Both are widely used for business and travel.
Every figure comes from our own engine (VSOP87 / ELP, Lahiri ayanamsa), tested against the Swiss Ephemeris; tithi and nakshatra end times are accurate to about 2 minutes.