Thursday, 17 September 2026
Bhadrapada, Shukla Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Shashthi · Kanya Sankranti
17 September 2026 is Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Shashthi, a Guruvaar (गुरुवार). It is Kanya Sankranti, also called Vishwakarma Puja, Kanya Sankraman and Bishwakarma Puja. The tithi runs from 8:59 AM on 16 September 2026 until 10:48 AM. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:06 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 1:47 PM and 3:19 PM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:50 AM to 12:39 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Shashthi begins 8:59 AM, 16 Sep and ends 10:48 AM.
Kanya Sankranti
Kanya Sankrantiकन्या संक्रांति
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Shashthi
Also known as Vishwakarma Puja, Kanya Sankraman and Bishwakarma Puja.
The Sun enters Kanya (Virgo). In eastern India the same day is Vishwakarma Puja, when workshops, factories, vehicles and tools are cleaned, garlanded and worshipped as the instruments of the divine architect.
What devotees do
- Worship tools, machinery and vehicles.
- Give in charity -- sankranti dana carries added merit.
Shubh Muhurat (शुभ मुहूर्त)
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas between sunrise and sunset, so it is 49 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We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat.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 6:06 AM to sunset 6:24 PM
Night — sunset 6:24 PM to sunrise 6:07 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Guruvaar, 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 Anuradha 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 12 hours 18 minutes, night 11 hours 43 minutes.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Jupiter (Guru) today, which is what makes it Guruvaar. 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 Bhadrapada in the north and Bhadrapada in the south — the same, as they always are in a waxing fortnight.
Questions about 17 September 2026
What tithi is 17 September 2026?
17 September 2026 is Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Shashthi. The tithi runs from 8:59 AM on 16 September 2026 until 10:48 AM, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 17 September 2026 Kanya Sankranti?
Yes. 17 September 2026 is Kanya Sankranti, also known as Vishwakarma Puja, Kanya Sankraman and Bishwakarma Puja. The Sun enters Kanya (Virgo). In eastern India the same day is Vishwakarma Puja, when workshops, factories, vehicles and tools are cleaned, garlanded and worshipped as the instruments of the divine architect.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 17 September 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 17 September 2026 is from 1:47 PM to 3:19 PM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 6:06 AM to 7:38 AM and Gulika Kaal is 9:10 AM to 10:42 AM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 17 September 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:50 AM to 12:39 PM. Brahma Muhurat is 4:32 AM to 5:19 AM before dawn, and Vijaya Muhurat is 2:18 PM to 3:07 PM.
What time is sunrise and sunset on 17 September 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 17 September 2026 is 6:06 AM and sunset is 6:24 PM. Moonrise is 11:56 AM and moonset is 10:07 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.