National Capital Region · North India
Delhi panchang — local sunrise, tithi and rahu kaal
Delhi panchang changes more with the seasons than southern cities because the capital sits at a higher latitude. Summer rahu kaal can look long; winter sunrise and brahma muhurta shift later on the clock.
- Coordinates
- 28.61° N, 77.21° E
- Typical sunrise
- roughly 5:20 AM in June and after 7:00 AM in late December
- Calendar note
- North Indian print panchangs often use purnimanta month naming. Festival civil dates can therefore be discussed differently from amanta-using regions even when the tithi is identical.
A January Delhi morning is not a June Delhi morning. Brahma muhurta that felt like 4:15 AM in monsoon will not be the same alarm in December. This is astronomy, not a website error. Tithi.live recalculates from local sunrise so the clock times stay honest.
NCR households commonly check rahu kaal before leaving for a jaipur-or-chandigarh highway trip, a registry marriage slot, or a shop opening in Karol Bagh or Noida. The weekday fraction is the same rule used elsewhere; the clock is Delhi’s.
Karva Chauth, Diwali, Navratri and Pitru Paksha planning in the capital is intensely tithi-sensitive. Two apartments in the same society can argue about “the right date” when one person used a sunrise tithi and another used a current-moment tithi. Read both fields on the daily cards and, for strict vrat, follow your family or mandir calendar.
Use the Delhi hub for aaj ka panchang, then the Delhi rahu kaal lander when you only need the caution window. Educational guides on this site explain why the same English date is a different ritual day in some years.
Practical tips for Delhi
- In winter, check sunrise before setting a 5 AM temple visit — the sun may still be down.
- For pan-India conference calls, state “Delhi rahu kaal” explicitly; Mumbai’s window will not match.
- Pitru Paksha and Amavasya observances in the Yamuna belt follow tithi, not the office holiday list.
Rahu kaal weekday pattern (daytime eighths)
The clock changes with Delhi sunrise and sunset. The weekday part of daytime is traditional and the same rule everywhere. Use the live card above for today’s exact window.
| Weekday | Daytime part | When it usually falls |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 8th part (last eighth of daytime) | late afternoon toward sunset |
| Monday | 2nd part of daytime | early morning after sunrise |
| Tuesday | 7th part of daytime | mid-to-late afternoon |
| Wednesday | 5th part of daytime | early afternoon |
| Thursday | 6th part of daytime | mid-afternoon |
| Friday | 3rd part of daytime | late morning |
| Saturday | 1st part of daytime | just after sunrise |
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