Today's Panchang in Mumbai

The full daily Panchang for Mumbai: today's tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara, with sunrise, sunset, Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya in your local time.

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What today's panchang for Mumbai covers

The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara — change at moments fixed by the Moon and Sun, not by the clock, so a tithi can begin mid-afternoon in Mumbai and be reported on a different date by a panchang computed elsewhere. This page resolves all five against Mumbai's local sunrise, which is the reference Vedic tradition uses to name the day.

Mumbai's clock versus its Sun

All of India keeps one clock — IST, pinned to the 82.5°E meridian — across roughly 28° of longitude. Mumbai lies at 72.88°E, so the Sun reaches its highest point here about 38 minutes later than the clock suggests. That puts solar noon in Mumbai roughly 17 minutes later than in New Delhi; sunrise moves with it, though latitude shifts sunrise a little further either way as the seasons turn. Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and every muhurat are carved out of local sunrise and sunset, so a table copied from a Delhi panchang is wrong for Mumbai by about that much.

Why the lengths change through the year

Mumbai sits at 19.08°N. Daylight here runs to about 13h 09m at its longest and about 10h 51m at its shortest — a swing of roughly 2h 18m across the year. Because the eight daytime Choghadiya periods are made by dividing sunrise-to-sunset into eight equal parts, each period in Mumbai is noticeably longer in summer than in winter. Rahu Kaal, being one-eighth of the day, moves the same way.

How these timings are computed

Timings are computed for 19.08°N, 72.88°E (Asia/Kolkata) with the Swiss Ephemeris: the day's exact sunrise and sunset first, then Rahu Kaal, the Choghadiya periods and the panchang limbs derived from them. Nothing is approximated from a nearby larger city.

Can I use a Delhi panchang for Mumbai?

Not if you want it exact. The solar day in Mumbai runs about 17 minutes later than in New Delhi, and every Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya boundary shifts with it. For casual purposes the gap is small; for choosing a muhurat it is large enough to matter.

Why does Rahu Kaal in Mumbai change every day?

Because it is not a fixed clock time — it is one-eighth of the daylight span, measured from that morning's sunrise. Daylight in Mumbai varies by about 2h 18m across the year, so both the start time and the length of Rahu Kaal move with it.

Do these timings depend on my birth chart?

No. Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and the panchang are properties of place and date — identical for everyone in Mumbai on a given day. A muhurat chosen against your own chart is a separate question and needs your birth details.