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Sunrise, brahma muhurta and the lunar day in Delhi

Delhi, India · 28.61°, 77.21° · Asia/Kolkata

Written and reviewed by The Kriya Yogi · Updated 21 September 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Brahma muhurta

4:34 AM – 5:22 AM

Sunrise

6:10 AM

Sunset

6:20 PM

Daylight

12h 10m

Lunar day (tithi)

Ekadashi

Fortnight

Waxing (shukla)

Moon

Waxing gibbous · 78% lit

Nakshatra

Uttara Ashadha

Today is Ekadashi. These days carry observances in several Indian traditions — fasting on ekadashi is the most widespread — but they come from devotional and calendrical tradition rather than from the technical instruction of the yoga texts.

Delhi's winter sunrise arrives after seven in the morning, which is why traditional winter schedules there still place practice in darkness.

The next ten days in Delhi

Times are local to Delhi and recalculated every time this page loads. The lunar day shown is the one in force at local sunrise.

DateBrahma muhurtaSunriseSunsetDaylightTithiMoonNakshatra
Tue, Sep 22Ekadashi4:34 AM – 5:22 AM6:10 AM6:20 PM12h 10mEkadashiWaxing (shukla)78% · waxing gibbousUttara Ashadha
Wed, Sep 234:35 AM – 5:23 AM6:11 AM6:18 PM12h 08mDvadashiWaxing (shukla)86% · waxing gibbousShravana
Thu, Sep 244:35 AM – 5:23 AM6:11 AM6:17 PM12h 06mTrayodashiWaxing (shukla)92% · waxing gibbousDhanishtha
Fri, Sep 254:36 AM – 5:24 AM6:12 AM6:16 PM12h 05mChaturdashiWaxing (shukla)97% · waxing gibbousShatabhisha
Sat, Sep 26Purnima (full moon)4:36 AM – 5:24 AM6:12 AM6:15 PM12h 03mPurnimaWaxing (shukla)99% · full moonPurva Bhadrapada
Sun, Sep 274:37 AM – 5:25 AM6:13 AM6:14 PM12h 01mPratipadaWaning (krishna)100% · full moonUttara Bhadrapada
Mon, Sep 284:37 AM – 5:25 AM6:13 AM6:12 PM11h 59mDvitiyaWaning (krishna)98% · waning gibbousRevati
Tue, Sep 294:38 AM – 5:26 AM6:14 AM6:11 PM11h 58mTritiyaWaning (krishna)93% · waning gibbousAshvini
Wed, Sep 304:38 AM – 5:26 AM6:14 AM6:10 PM11h 56mChaturthiWaning (krishna)86% · waning gibbousBharani
Thu, Oct 14:39 AM – 5:27 AM6:15 AM6:09 PM11h 54mPanchamiWaning (krishna)78% · waning gibbousRohini

How far the window moves across the year here

At Delhi's latitude of 28.6°, the June solstice brings sunrise at roughly 5:25 AM with about 13h 58m of daylight, while the December solstice brings sunrise at roughly 7:10 AM with about 10h 19m. Both figures are computed for this location, not averaged from anywhere else. If the pre-dawn window is out of reach in one half of the year, the tradition's own priority applies: Patanjali's guidance (Yoga Sutras 1.14) is that practice takes hold through long, uninterrupted, earnest attention — consistency first, ideal hour second.

Practice timing in Delhi

+ What time is brahma muhurta in Delhi today?
Working back from a computed sunrise of 6:10 AM, the window runs from about 4:34 AM to 5:22 AM local time — 96 to 48 minutes before sunrise. It moves every day with the Sun, so check the table rather than fixing it in your head.
+ Which lunar day is it in Delhi today?
At local sunrise it is Ekadashi, in the waxing (shukla) fortnight, with the Moon about 78% illuminated in Uttara Ashadha. Tithis run between roughly 19 and 26 hours, so a single date can straddle two; the label here is the one in force at sunrise, which is the usual convention.
+ How much does sunrise move across the year in Delhi?
At this latitude, the June solstice sunrise falls around 5:25 AM with about 13h 58m of daylight, and the December solstice sunrise around 7:10 AM with about 10h 19m. That spread is exactly why a sunrise-anchored routine and a clock-anchored one diverge.
+ Are these times exact?
Sunrise and sunset are computed for a sea-level horizon and should be within a minute or two of an observatory table; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Tithi and nakshatra use truncated lunar series, so near a boundary a full panchanga may label the day differently. Nothing here is intended for ritual muhurta determination.

Method

  • Sunrise, solar noon and sunset: the standard sunrise equation, using the −0.833° altitude convention for the apparent upper limb and refraction at a sea-level horizon.
  • Lunar day and nakshatra: solar and lunar ecliptic longitudes from truncated Meeus series (Jean Meeus, "Astronomical Algorithms"), with tithi as 12° steps of elongation and nakshatra as 13°20′ steps of sidereal longitude under a linear Lahiri-style ayanamsa approximation.
  • Brahma muhurta: the 48-minute muhurta ending one muhurta before sunrise. Conventions vary between teachers; this is the most common arithmetic definition.
  • Not for ritual muhurta determination — for that, use a panchanga computed within your own tradition.

Timing guidance on this page is traditional and practical, not medical. Nothing here is a religious ruling or a substitute for a panchanga from your own lineage.