Bhopal · Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal Panchang August 2026
Sunrise, sunset and the five sunrise-derived windows for all 31 days, computed for 23.2599°N 77.4126°E.
In August 2026 the sun rises in Bhopal as early as 05:50 on Saturday 1 August and as late as 06:02 on Monday 31 August — a spread of 12 minutes across the month. Sunset moves from 19:02 on Saturday 1 August to 18:39 on Monday 31 August. The longest daylight is 13h 12m on Saturday 1 August and the shortest 12h 37m on Monday 31 August.
That matters more than it sounds, because Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaghanta are each one eighth of the interval from sunrise to sunset rather than fixed clock spans — so in Bhopal in August 2026 an eighth runs from 95 minutes to 99 minutes, and a table quoting a flat ninety minutes is wrong here by up to 9 minutes. Rahu Kaal on 1 August, a Saturday, is 09:08-10:47 — the 3rd of those eight parts, which is the one a Saturday always takes.
Because the weekday chooses the part, Rahu Kaal’s position on the clock swings much further than sunrise does. Across August 2026 in Bhopal it begins as early as 07:30 on 3 August, a Monday, and as late as 17:22 on 2 August, a Sunday — 9h 53m apart, against a sunrise spread of only 12 minutes. There is no single “Rahu Kaal time” to memorise, here or anywhere.
Bhopal sits 0.20° east of New Delhi, which on longitude alone would put its sunrise 1 minute earlier. Measured against the national table it actually runs from 3 minutes later to 8 minutes later across August 2026. It is a range rather than a constant because latitude bends the figure with the season while longitude only shifts it, and here that bend is worth 5 minutes across the month. On the worst day in the table below the national panchang’s Rahu Kaal begins 8 minutes from Bhopal’s. A national table would get Bhopal’s tithi right and every one of its times wrong.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are the same everywhere in India and are read at sunrise from the same DE421 table the rest of the site uses — listed here for completeness, not because they differ by city: across these 31 sunrises the nakshatra takes 26 of its 27 values and the tithi 29 of its 30. In August 2026 Purnima falls on 28 August; Amavasya on 12 August; the two Ekadashis on 9 August and 23 August.
August 2026 day by day in Bhopal
All times IST. Abhijit is given for every day, including this month’s 4 Wednesdays — 5 August, 12 August, 19 August, 26 August — because the rule that sets it aside on a Wednesday is followed in some traditions and not others. The window is arithmetic; whether to use it that day is not.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Sunrise | Sunset | Rahu Kaal | Gulika | Abhijit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Sat | Krishna Tritiya | Shatabhisha | 05:50 | 19:02 | 09:08-10:47 | 05:50-07:29 | 12:00-12:52 |
| 2nd Sun | Krishna Chaturthi | Purva Bhadrapada | 05:51 | 19:01 | 17:22-19:01 | 15:44-17:22 | 12:00-12:52 |
| 3rd Mon | Krishna Panchami | Uttara Bhadrapada | 05:51 | 19:01 | 07:30-09:09 | 14:05-15:44 | 12:00-12:52 |
| 4th Tue | Krishna Shashthi | Revati | 05:51 | 19:00 | 15:43-17:21 | 12:26-14:04 | 11:59-12:52 |
| 5th Wed | Krishna Saptami | Ashwini | 05:52 | 19:00 | 12:26-14:05 | 10:48-12:26 | 12:00-12:52 |
| 6th Thu | Krishna Ashtami | Bharani | 05:52 | 18:59 | 14:04-15:42 | 09:09-10:47 | 11:59-12:52 |
| 7th Fri | Krishna Navami | Krittika | 05:53 | 18:58 | 10:47-12:26 | 07:31-09:09 | 11:59-12:52 |
| 8th Sat | Krishna Dashami | Rohini | 05:53 | 18:58 | 09:09-10:47 | 05:53-07:31 | 11:59-12:52 |
| 9th Sun | Krishna Ekadashi | Mrigashira | 05:54 | 18:57 | 17:19-18:57 | 15:41-17:19 | 11:59-12:52 |
| 10th Mon | Krishna Dwadashi | Ardra | 05:54 | 18:56 | 07:32-09:10 | 14:03-15:41 | 11:59-12:51 |
| 11th Tue | Krishna Chaturdashi | Punarvasu | 05:54 | 18:56 | 15:41-17:18 | 12:25-14:03 | 11:59-12:51 |
| 12th Wed | Amavasya | Pushya | 05:55 | 18:55 | 12:25-14:03 | 10:48-12:25 | 11:59-12:51 |
| 13th Thu | Shukla Pratipada | Ashlesha | 05:55 | 18:54 | 14:02-15:39 | 09:10-10:47 | 11:59-12:50 |
| 14th Fri | Shukla Dwitiya | Purva Phalguni | 05:55 | 18:53 | 10:47-12:24 | 07:32-09:10 | 11:58-12:50 |
| 15th Sat | Shukla Tritiya | Uttara Phalguni | 05:56 | 18:53 | 09:10-10:47 | 05:56-07:33 | 11:59-12:50 |
| 16th Sun | Shukla Chaturthi | Hasta | 05:56 | 18:52 | 17:15-18:52 | 15:38-17:15 | 11:58-12:50 |
| 17th Mon | Shukla Panchami | Chitra | 05:57 | 18:51 | 07:34-09:11 | 14:01-15:38 | 11:58-12:50 |
| 18th Tue | Shukla Shashthi | Swati | 05:57 | 18:50 | 15:37-17:13 | 12:24-14:00 | 11:58-12:49 |
| 19th Wed | Shukla Saptami | Swati | 05:57 | 18:49 | 12:23-14:00 | 10:47-12:23 | 11:57-12:49 |
| 20th Thu | Shukla Ashtami | Vishakha | 05:58 | 18:49 | 14:00-15:36 | 09:11-10:47 | 11:58-12:49 |
| 21st Fri | Shukla Navami | Anuradha | 05:58 | 18:48 | 10:47-12:23 | 07:34-09:11 | 11:57-12:49 |
| 22nd Sat | Shukla Dashami | Jyeshtha | 05:58 | 18:47 | 09:10-10:46 | 05:58-07:34 | 11:57-12:48 |
| 23rd Sun | Shukla Ekadashi | Moola | 05:59 | 18:46 | 17:10-18:46 | 15:34-17:10 | 11:57-12:48 |
| 24th Mon | Shukla Dwadashi | Purva Ashadha | 05:59 | 18:45 | 07:35-09:11 | 13:58-15:34 | 11:56-12:48 |
| 25th Tue | Shukla Dwadashi | Uttara Ashadha | 06:00 | 18:44 | 15:33-17:09 | 12:22-13:58 | 11:57-12:47 |
| 26th Wed | Shukla Trayodashi | Shravana | 06:00 | 18:43 | 12:22-13:57 | 10:46-12:22 | 11:56-12:47 |
| 27th Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi | Dhanishta | 06:00 | 18:42 | 13:56-15:32 | 09:11-10:46 | 11:56-12:46 |
| 28th Fri | Purnima | Shatabhisha | 06:01 | 18:41 | 10:46-12:21 | 07:36-09:11 | 11:56-12:46 |
| 29th Sat | Krishna Pratipada | Purva Bhadrapada | 06:01 | 18:40 | 09:11-10:46 | 06:01-07:36 | 11:55-12:46 |
| 30th Sun | Krishna Dwitiya | Uttara Bhadrapada | 06:01 | 18:40 | 17:05-18:40 | 15:30-17:05 | 11:55-12:46 |
| 31st Mon | Krishna Tritiya | Revati | 06:02 | 18:39 | 07:37-09:11 | 13:55-15:30 | 11:55-12:46 |
How to read these windows
- Rahu Kaal is one of the eight equal parts of the daylight interval, chosen by weekday, and nothing new is begun inside it. In Bhopal in August 2026 it lasts 95 minutes to 99 minutes, which over 31 days comes to 50h 04m of this city’s daylight.
- Gulika and Yamaghanta are two other eighths of the same interval, also fixed by weekday: on a Saturday they fall in its 1st and 6th parts. Gulika is listed in the table above; Yamaghanta on 1 August is 14:05-15:44.
- Abhijit muhurat is the eighth of fifteen equal parts of daylight, the one straddling local solar noon — so it too shifts with Bhopal’s longitude, and being a fifteenth rather than an eighth it runs 50 minutes to 53 minutes here in August 2026 — a little over half the length of Rahu Kaal on the same day. Some traditions set it aside on a Wednesday, of which this month has four; the table above computes it on all of them and leaves the observance to you.
- Brahma muhurat is the ninety-six minutes ending at sunrise, so unlike the eighths it is the same length all year and moves only as sunrise does. On Saturday 1 August in Bhopal that is 04:14-05:50, the month’s earliest.
- The five limbs — tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the weekday — are read at sunrise, which is why a local sunrise matters even for quantities that do not themselves vary by place.
August 2026 in other cities
A muhurat needs your chart, not only your city
These windows are correct for Bhopal to the minute. Which of August 2026’s suits a particular purpose in Bhopal depends on your birth chart, and that is a conversation.
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