Tuesday, 1 December 2026
Margashirsha, Krishna Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Ashtami · Kaal Bhairav Jayanti
1 December 2026 is Margashirsha Krishna Paksha Ashtami, a Mangalvaar (मंगलवार). It is Kaal Bhairav Jayanti, also called Kalashtami, Bhairava Ashtami, Kaal Bhairav Ashtami, Bhairav Jayanti and Mahakal Bhairav Ashtami. The tithi runs from 12:12 AM until 11:14 PM. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:23 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 2:46 PM and 4:04 PM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:48 AM to 12:30 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Ashtami begins 12:12 AM and ends 11:14 PM.
Kaal Bhairav Jayanti
Kaal Bhairav Jayantiकाल भैरव जयंती
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha Ashtami
Also known as Kalashtami, Bhairava Ashtami, Kaal Bhairav Ashtami, Bhairav Jayanti and Mahakal Bhairav Ashtami.
The appearance of Kaal Bhairav, the form Shiva took to sever Brahma's fifth head -- the fierce guardian of Kashi, who holds the keys to the city and to time itself. Worship is done at night, and in Varanasi the Kaal Bhairav temple stays open through it.
What devotees do
- Fast through the day.
- Night worship with mustard-oil lamps, black sesame and urad.
- Feed dogs, Bhairav's vahana.
Shubh Muhurat (शुभ मुहूर्त)
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas between sunrise and sunset, so it is 42 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We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat.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 6:56 AM to sunset 5:23 PM
Night — sunset 5:23 PM to sunrise 6:56 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Mangalvaar, 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 Magha at sunrise, in its 4th 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 27 minutes, night 13 hours 33 minutes. A missing moonrise or moonset is not missing data: the Moon rises about fifty minutes later each day, so roughly once a lunar month a calendar date contains neither one nor the other.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Mars (Mangal) today, which is what makes it Mangalvaar. 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 Margashirsha in the north and Kartik in the south.
Questions about 1 December 2026
What tithi is 1 December 2026?
1 December 2026 is Margashirsha Krishna Paksha Ashtami. The tithi runs from 12:12 AM until 11:14 PM, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 1 December 2026 Kaal Bhairav Jayanti?
Yes. 1 December 2026 is Kaal Bhairav Jayanti, also known as Kalashtami, Bhairava Ashtami, Kaal Bhairav Ashtami, Bhairav Jayanti and Mahakal Bhairav Ashtami. The appearance of Kaal Bhairav, the form Shiva took to sever Brahma's fifth head -- the fierce guardian of Kashi, who holds the keys to the city and to time itself. Worship is done at night, and in Varanasi the Kaal Bhairav temple stays open through it.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 1 December 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 1 December 2026 is from 2:46 PM to 4:04 PM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 9:32 AM to 10:51 AM and Gulika Kaal is 12:09 PM to 1:27 PM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 1 December 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:48 AM to 12:30 PM. Brahma Muhurat is 5:07 AM to 6:01 AM before dawn, and Vijaya Muhurat is 1:54 PM to 2:35 PM.
What time is sunrise and sunset on 1 December 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 1 December 2026 is 6:56 AM and sunset is 5:23 PM. The Moon does not rise on this calendar date — it rises after midnight, so the rise falls on the following day. and moonset is 12:37 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.