Panchang · New Delhi
Panchang for Friday, 21 August 2026
On Friday, 21 August 2026, the sun rises in New Delhi at 5:53 AM and sets at 6:54 PM. The tithi at sunrise is Shukla Navami (until 11:36 PM) and the nakshatra Anuradha (until 11:53 AM). Rahu kaal runs from 10:46 AM to 12:24 PM, and the abhijit muhurat from 11:58 AM to 12:50 PM.
What changed since the previous day
- Previous sunrise: Shukla Ashtami; this sunrise: Shukla Navami.
- Previous sunrise: Vishakha; this sunrise: Anuradha.
- Next day (22 Aug 2026) at sunrise: Shukla Dashami.
Festivals and vrats on this day
- Sawan Somvar — The Mondays of Shravana. North India (purnimanta) counts from the day after Ashadha Purnima to Shravana Purnima; Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south (amanta) from the day after Ashadha Amavasya to Shravana Amavasya. Each boundary is the day its tithi holds at sunrise.
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)
Friday
sunrise to next sunrise
Tithi
Shukla Navami
until 11:36 PM
Shukla Dashami
11:36 PM to 23 Aug, 2:00 AM
Nakshatra
Anuradhalord Saturn
until 11:53 AM
Jyeshthalord Mercury
11:53 AM to 22 Aug, 2:49 PM
Yoga
Vaidhriti
until 22 Aug, 5:18 AM
Vishkambha
22 Aug, 5:18 AM to 23 Aug, 6:14 AM
Karana
Balava
until 10:26 AM
Kaulava
10:26 AM to 11:36 PM
Taitila
11:36 PM to 22 Aug, 12:48 PM
Moon sign
- Scorpiountil 22 Aug, 2:49 PM
Sun sign: Leo
Times usually avoided
- Rahu kaal10:46 AM – 12:24 PM
- Yamaganda3:39 PM – 5:17 PM
- Gulika kaal7:31 AM – 9:08 AM
- Dur muhurat 18:29 AM – 9:21 AM
- Dur muhurat 212:50 PM – 1:42 PM
Auspicious window
- Abhijit muhurat11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
- Paksha
- Shukla
- Month (amanta / purnimanta)
- Shravana / Shravana
- Samvat
- Vikram 2083 · Shaka 1948
- Ritu · Ayana
- Varsha (monsoon) · Dakshinayana
- Daylight
- 13 h 1 m
- Ayanamsa
- Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) 24°13′55″
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
- CharNeutral5:53 AM – 7:31 AM
- LabhGood7:31 AM – 9:08 AM
- AmritGood9:08 AM – 10:46 AM
- KaalAvoid10:46 AM – 12:24 PM
- ShubhGood12:24 PM – 2:01 PM
- RogAvoid2:01 PM – 3:39 PM
- UdvegAvoid3:39 PM – 5:17 PM
- CharNeutral5:17 PM – 6:54 PM
Night choghadiya
- RogAvoid6:54 PM – 8:17 PM
- KaalAvoid8:17 PM – 9:39 PM
- LabhGood9:39 PM – 11:02 PM
- UdvegAvoid11:02 PM – 12:24 AM
- ShubhGood12:24 AM – 1:46 AM
- AmritGood1:46 AM – 3:09 AM
- CharNeutral3:09 AM – 4:31 AM
- RogAvoid4:31 AM – 5:54 AM
Hora
Each hora’s ruling planet and start time.
Day horas
- Venus5:53 AM
- Mercury6:58 AM
- Moon8:03 AM
- Saturn9:08 AM
- Jupiter10:13 AM
- Mars11:19 AM
- Sun12:24 PM
- Venus1:29 PM
- Mercury2:34 PM
- Moon3:39 PM
- Saturn4:44 PM
- Jupiter5:49 PM
Night horas
- Mars6:54 PM
- Sun7:49 PM
- Venus8:44 PM
- Mercury9:39 PM
- Moon10:34 PM
- Saturn11:29 PM
- Jupiter12:24 AM
- Mars1:19 AM
- Sun2:14 AM
- Venus3:09 AM
- Mercury4:04 AM
- Moon4:59 AM
21 August 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.
21 Aug 2026: questions
Which tithi is it on 21 Aug 2026?
On 21 Aug 2026 in New Delhi, the tithi at sunrise is Shukla Navami (Shukla paksha), until 11:36 PM; then Shukla Dashami. The month is Shravana (amanta) / Shravana (purnimanta).
Which nakshatra is it on 21 Aug 2026?
Anuradha at sunrise, until 11:53 AM; then Jyeshtha.
When is rahu kaal in New Delhi on 21 Aug 2026?
From 10:46 AM to 12:24 PM. Yamaganda is 3:39 PM–5:17 PM and gulika 7:31 AM–9:08 AM.
What time is sunrise in New Delhi on 21 Aug 2026?
Sunrise is at 5:53 AM and sunset at 6:54 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.
Is there a vrat or festival on 21 Aug 2026?
Sawan Somvar: The Mondays of Shravana. North India (purnimanta) counts from the day after Ashadha Purnima to Shravana Purnima; Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south (amanta) from the day after Ashadha Amavasya to Shravana Amavasya. Each boundary is the day its tithi holds at sunrise.
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.