ऋषिकेश पंचांग · Rishikesh Panchang Monday, 28 September 2026 · Ashwin Krishna Dvitiya · Tapovan
Sunrise in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand is 06:09 IST today — 4 minutes earlier than New Delhi, because the city sits at 78.27°E on a clock set for 82.5°E. Every reading below is taken at that sunrise, which is the traditional anchor, so the boundary times here can differ by minutes from an almanac typeset for another meridian.
Today at a glance
Tithi timeline
| Day | Tithi | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Yesterday · Sun 27 Sep | Krishna Pratipada | 21:04 |
| Today · Mon 28 Sep | Krishna Dvitiya | 19:19 |
| Tomorrow · Tue 29 Sep | Krishna Tritiya | 17:18 |
Today in Rishikesh
Through Shravan the Kanwar Yatra passes Rishikesh in the hundreds of thousands, filling Triveni Ghat to collect Ganga water for a jalabhishek that must be offered on the Shivaratri of that month — a tithi deadline for a journey on foot, which is why the tithi end times on this page are consulted by walkers rather than by priests. The Ganga Aarti at Parmarth begins at sunset, so the time on this page is the time it starts.
Rishikesh is running Ashwin Krishna Dvitiya today, which holds until 19:19. Keep anything you are starting fresh outside Rahu Kaal 07:38–09:08; the cleanest window of the day is Abhijit at 11:44–12:32.
This week in Rishikesh
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Rahu Kaal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep | Krishna Dvitiya | Revati | 07:38–09:08 |
| Tue 29 Sep | Krishna Tritiya | Ashwini | 15:06–16:36 |
| Wed 30 Sep | Krishna Chaturthi | Bharani | 12:07–13:36 |
| Thu 1 Oct | Krishna Panchami | Krittika | 13:36–15:05 |
| Fri 2 Oct | Krishna Shashthi | Mrigashira | 10:37–12:06 |
| Sat 3 Oct | Krishna Saptami | Ardra | 09:09–10:37 |
| Sun 4 Oct | Krishna Navami | Punarvasu | 16:31–17:59 |
Rishikesh month calendars
Frequently asked questions
What time is sunrise in Rishikesh today, and why does it differ from New Delhi?
Sunrise in Rishikesh today is 06:09 IST and sunset is 18:07 IST — 4 minutes earlier than New Delhi. The cause is longitude, not the calendar: the whole country keeps one clock set to 82.5°E while Rishikesh sits at 78.27°E, and every degree is worth about four minutes of sky. Everything on this page — the tithi and nakshatra readings, Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika and the Choghadiya split — is anchored to that local sunrise rather than to a Delhi almanac's.
Which lunar-month system does this page use for Rishikesh, and does it change the tithi?
Garhwal reads the month purnimanta. Rishikesh has one calendar habit the plains do not share: the Char Dham portals open and close on dates announced from the temples themselves — Akshaya Tritiya for Yamunotri and Gangotri, Bhai Dooj for the closing — so the town's season is bracketed by two tithis and the whole tourism economy moves with them. Today the amanta reckoning calls this month Bhadrapada and the purnimanta reckoning calls it Ashwin; the tithi is the same number in both. If you were quoted a date in the amanta system, the day is still the same day.
What this page cannot tell you
This is a panchang, not a birth chart. The tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and kaal windows above are the same for everyone standing in this city today; none of them knows your Moon sign, your running dasha, or the lagna that would rise at the hour you pick. Several observances also follow a rule this page does not apply — Janmashtami is settled at midnight, Diwali at pradosh, some ekadashi vratas by their parana window — so a temple's announced date can sit a day either side of the tithi marked here. Where that matters, check against your own family almanac; a disagreement between two panchangs is usually a difference of convention, not of fact.
How these timings were computed
Sunrise and sunset come from a NOAA solar-position model applied to Rishikesh's actual coordinates (30.0869°N, 78.2676°E), not to a district centroid or a state capital. Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are read at that same local sunrise from a sidereal ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa, and their end times are found by bisection to about a minute. Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika are the weekday-selected eighths of the real daylight span, which is why they move through the year instead of sitting at a fixed clock hour. Nothing on this page is copied from a printed almanac.