Monday, 16 November 2026
Kartik, Shukla Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Saptami · Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana)
16 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Saptami, a Somvaar (सोमवार). It is Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana), also called Usha Arghya, Dusra Argh, Paran and Chhath Day 4. The tithi runs from 2:01 AM until 4:20 AM the following morning, 17 November 2026. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:44 AM and sunset is 5:27 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 8:04 AM and 9:24 AM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:44 AM to 12:26 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Saptami begins 2:01 AM and ends 4:20 AM, 17 Nov — that is the following morning, not this one.
Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana)
Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana)उषा अर्घ्य
Kartik Shukla Paksha Saptami
Also known as Usha Arghya, Dusra Argh, Paran and Chhath Day 4.
The fast closes at dawn with arghya to the rising sun, after which the vratis take ginger and water and finally eat. The thirty-six-hour nirjala fast ends here. Vrischika Sankranti falls on the same day this year.
What devotees do
- Return to the river before dawn.
- Offer arghya to the rising sun.
- Break the fast with ginger and water, then prasad.
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We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat.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 6:44 AM to sunset 5:27 PM
Night — sunset 5:27 PM to sunrise 6:45 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Somvaar, 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 Shravana 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 43 minutes, night 13 hours 18 minutes.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Moon (Chandra) today, which is what makes it Somvaar. 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 16 November 2026
What tithi is 16 November 2026?
16 November 2026 is Kartik Shukla Paksha Saptami. The tithi runs from 2:01 AM until 4:20 AM the following morning, 17 November 2026, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 16 November 2026 Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana)?
Yes. 16 November 2026 is Chhath Usha Arghya (Parana), also known as Usha Arghya, Dusra Argh, Paran and Chhath Day 4. The fast closes at dawn with arghya to the rising sun, after which the vratis take ginger and water and finally eat. The thirty-six-hour nirjala fast ends here. Vrischika Sankranti falls on the same day this year.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 16 November 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 16 November 2026 is from 8:04 AM to 9:24 AM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 10:45 AM to 12:05 PM and Gulika Kaal is 1:25 PM to 2:46 PM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 16 November 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:44 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 16 November 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 16 November 2026 is 6:44 AM and sunset is 5:27 PM. Moonrise is 12:16 PM and moonset is 11:14 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.