Sunday, 15 November 2026
Kartik, Shukla Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Shashthi · Chhath Sandhya Arghya
15 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Shashthi, a Ravivaar (रविवार). It is Chhath Sandhya Arghya, also called Sandhya Arghya, Chhath Puja main day, Pehli Argh, Surya Shashthi and Chhathi Maiya Puja. The tithi runs from 11:24 PM on 14 November 2026 until 2:01 AM the following morning, 16 November 2026. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:43 AM and sunset is 5:27 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 4:06 PM and 5:27 PM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:43 AM to 12:26 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Shashthi begins 11:24 PM, 14 Nov and ends 2:01 AM, 16 Nov — that is the following morning, not this one.
Chhath Sandhya Arghya
Chhath Sandhya Arghyaछठ पूजा - संध्या अर्घ्य
Kartik Shukla Paksha Shashthi
Also known as Sandhya Arghya, Chhath Puja main day, Pehli Argh, Surya Shashthi and Chhathi Maiya Puja.
The central day. Families carry bamboo soop laden with thekua, fruit and sugarcane to the river at dusk, and the vratis stand in the water to offer arghya to the SETTING sun -- one of the very few rituals anywhere in Hinduism addressed to the sun as it goes down rather than as it rises. The nirjala fast continues through the night.
What devotees do
- Prepare thekua and the soop through the day.
- Stand in the river and offer arghya to the setting sun.
- Keep vigil through the night with Chhath geet.
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We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat.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 6:43 AM to sunset 5:27 PM
Night — sunset 5:27 PM to sunrise 6:44 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Ravivaar, 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 Uttara 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 44 minutes, night 13 hours 17 minutes.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Sun (Surya) today, which is what makes it Ravivaar. 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 15 November 2026
What tithi is 15 November 2026?
15 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Shashthi. The tithi runs from 11:24 PM on 14 November 2026 until 2:01 AM the following morning, 16 November 2026, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 15 November 2026 Chhath Sandhya Arghya?
Yes. 15 November 2026 is Chhath Sandhya Arghya, also known as Sandhya Arghya, Chhath Puja main day, Pehli Argh, Surya Shashthi and Chhathi Maiya Puja. The central day. Families carry bamboo soop laden with thekua, fruit and sugarcane to the river at dusk, and the vratis stand in the water to offer arghya to the SETTING sun -- one of the very few rituals anywhere in Hinduism addressed to the sun as it goes down rather than as it rises. The nirjala fast continues through the night.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 15 November 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 15 November 2026 is from 4:06 PM to 5:27 PM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 12:05 PM to 1:25 PM and Gulika Kaal is 2:46 PM to 4:06 PM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 15 November 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:43 AM to 12:26 PM. Brahma Muhurat is 4:57 AM to 5:50 AM before dawn, and Vijaya Muhurat is 1:52 PM to 2:35 PM.
What time is sunrise and sunset on 15 November 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 15 November 2026 is 6:43 AM and sunset is 5:27 PM. Moonrise is 11:41 AM and moonset is 10:18 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.