Saturday, 14 November 2026
Kartik, Shukla Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Panchami · Chhath Kharna
14 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Panchami, a Shanivaar (शनिवार). It is Chhath Kharna, also called Kharna, Lohanda and Chhath Day 2. The tithi runs from 8:42 PM on 13 November 2026 until 11:24 PM. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:42 AM and sunset is 5:28 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 9:23 AM and 10:44 AM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:43 AM to 12:26 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Panchami begins 8:42 PM, 13 Nov and ends 11:24 PM.
Chhath Kharna
Chhath Kharnaखरना
Kartik Shukla Paksha Panchami
Also known as Kharna, Lohanda and Chhath Day 2.
The vratis fast all day without water and break it after sunset with rasiao-kheer made of jaggery and new rice, roti and fruit. From the moment that meal ends the thirty-six-hour nirjala fast begins, and it is not broken until after sunrise on the sixteenth.
What devotees do
- Fast without water through the day.
- Break the fast after sunset with kheer and roti, then begin the 36-hour nirjala fast.
Shubh Muhurat (शुभ मुहूर्त)
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas between sunrise and sunset, so it is 43 minutes long today rather than a fixed 48 — it stretches and shrinks with the length of the day.
Ashubh Kaal (अशुभ काल)
We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat. The rules behind them are known, but the underlying tables differ between sources by enough to move a window by the better part of an hour — and these are windows whose whole purpose is telling you not to begin something. We would rather leave them out than print a number we cannot stand behind.
Choghadiya (चौघड़िया)
The day and the night are each divided into eight parts. Amrit, Shubh and Labh are auspicious; Char is neutral; Udveg, Kaal and Rog are best avoided. It is the quickest check there is for whether the next hour and a half is a good time to begin something.
Day — sunrise 6:42 AM to sunset 5:28 PM
Night — sunset 5:28 PM to sunrise 6:43 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Shanivaar, not to the next day: in the panchang the weekday changes at sunrise, not at midnight.
Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana (नक्षत्र)
The Moon is in Purva Ashadha at sunrise, in its 2nd pada. A karana is half a tithi, which is why there are more of them in a day than anything else here.
Sun and Moon (सूर्य और चंद्र)
Day length is 10 hours 46 minutes, night 13 hours 15 minutes.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Saturn (Shani) today, which is what makes it Shanivaar. Day horas and night horas are not sixty minutes each; they are a twelfth of the actual day and a twelfth of the actual night.
Rashi, Masa and Samvat (मास)
The two masa reckonings differ through every waning fortnight, which is why a calendar from Delhi and one from Chennai can name the same day differently. Today it is Kartik in the north and Kartik in the south — the same, as they always are in a waxing fortnight.
Questions about 14 November 2026
What tithi is 14 November 2026?
14 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Panchami. The tithi runs from 8:42 PM on 13 November 2026 until 11:24 PM, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 14 November 2026 Chhath Kharna?
Yes. 14 November 2026 is Chhath Kharna, also known as Kharna, Lohanda and Chhath Day 2. The vratis fast all day without water and break it after sunset with rasiao-kheer made of jaggery and new rice, roti and fruit. From the moment that meal ends the thirty-six-hour nirjala fast begins, and it is not broken until after sunrise on the sixteenth.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 14 November 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 14 November 2026 is from 9:23 AM to 10:44 AM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 1:25 PM to 2:46 PM and Gulika Kaal is 6:42 AM to 8:02 AM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 14 November 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:43 AM to 12:26 PM. Brahma Muhurat is 4:56 AM to 5:49 AM before dawn, and Vijaya Muhurat is 1:52 PM to 2:35 PM.
What time is sunrise and sunset on 14 November 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 14 November 2026 is 6:42 AM and sunset is 5:28 PM. Moonrise is 11:01 AM and moonset is 9:22 PM.
All timings are calculated for New Delhi, India (28.61°N, 77.21°E) in Indian Standard Time, using the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsha. Sunrise and every muhurat derived from it shift by up to an hour across India, so times will differ for your city.