Saturday, 24 October 2026 · United Arab Emirates · from sunrise to the next sunrise, all times in GST (UTC+04:00)
The tithi in force at sunrise names the day. In Dubai the sun rose at 6:22 AM in Shukla Trayodashi, which runs until 12:07 PM; after that comes Shukla Chaturdashi, until 10:27 AM (Sun 25 Oct). A tithi ends at the same instant everywhere on Earth; what changes from city to city is the local clock time and which tithi is running at the local sunrise. Many fasts and festivals are decided by the tithi at another time of day (midday, evening, midnight or moonrise), so the sunrise tithi alone does not settle their dates.
Also written: Prathama (Pratipada), Ekadasi (Ekadashi), Poornima or Pournami (Purnima), Moola (Mula), Svati (Swati), Dhanishtha (Dhanishta), Shatabhishak (Shatabhisha), Garaja (Gara) and Bhadra (Vishti karana).
| Limb | Name | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Shukla Trayodashi | until 12:07 PM |
| Shukla Chaturdashi | until 10:27 AM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada | until 7:02 PM |
| Revati | until 5:52 PM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Yoga | Vyaghata | until 6:31 PM |
| Harshana | until 3:52 PM (Sun 25 Oct) | |
| Karana | Taitila | until 12:07 PM |
| Gara | until 11:22 PM | |
| Weekday | Saturday | from sunrise |
| Sunrise | 6:22 AM |
|---|---|
| Sunset | 5:44 PM |
| Moonrise | 4:24 PM |
| Moonset | 5:20 AM (Sun 25 Oct) |
| Day length | 11 hr 22 min |
| Night length | 12 hr 38 min |
Sunrise and sunset are when the top edge of the sun meets the horizon, and moonrise and moonset when the top edge of the moon does, with normal atmospheric refraction. Calendars that use the centre of the moon print moonrise a few minutes later.
| Period | Time |
|---|---|
| Rahu Kalam | 9:12 AM – 10:37 AM |
| Yamagandam | 1:28 PM – 2:53 PM |
| Gulika Kalam | 6:22 AM – 7:47 AM |
| Dur Muhurtam | 6:22 AM – 7:07 AM |
| Dur Muhurtam | 7:07 AM – 7:53 AM |
| Varjyam | 4:57 AM – 6:31 AM |
| Window | Time |
|---|---|
| Brahma Muhurta | 4:41 AM – 5:31 AM |
| Pratah Sandhya (morning twilight) | 5:06 AM – 6:22 AM |
| Abhijit Muhurta | 11:40 AM – 12:26 PM |
| Vijaya Muhurta | 1:57 PM – 2:42 PM |
| Amrit Kalam | 2:20 PM – 3:54 PM |
| Sayahna Sandhya (evening twilight) | 5:44 PM – 7:00 PM |
| Nishita Muhurta | 11:38 PM – 12:28 AM (ends Sun 25 Oct) |
| Paksha | Shukla Paksha |
|---|---|
| Month, Purnimanta (North India) | Ashwina |
| Month, Amanta (Gujarat, Maharashtra, South India) | Ashwina |
| Vikram Samvat (from Chaitra) | 2083 |
| Shaka Samvat (Shalivahana) | 1948 |
| Moon sign | Meena |
| Sun sign | Tula |
| Ritu (by the sidereal sun) | Sharada |
| Ayana | Dakshinayana |
Two ways of naming the lunar month are in use. In the Purnimanta reckoning, common in North India, a month ends at the full moon; in the Amanta reckoning, used in Gujarat, Maharashtra and South India, it ends at the new moon. In the Shukla (bright) half both give the same name; in the Krishna (dark) half the Purnimanta name is one month ahead, except in an adhika (extra) month, which keeps its name throughout. The day and the tithi are the same in both. The Vikram Samvat year here begins in Chaitra, as in North India; in Gujarat it begins after Diwali, in Kartika, so between Chaitra and Kartika the Gujarati year number is one less. The moon and sun signs and the ayana here are sidereal (Lahiri ayanamsa). The ritu is counted from the Sun's sidereal sign, two signs to a season (Mesha and Vrishabha Vasanta, Mithuna and Karka Grishma, Simha and Kanya Varsha, Tula and Vrishchika Sharada, Dhanu and Makara Hemanta, Kumbha and Meena Shishira); calendars that count the seasons by the lunar months or by the tropical sun can show the next season.
The same page serves Sharjah and Ajman: tithi and nakshatra end at the same moments there, and sunrise, sunset and the times worked out from them can differ by up to 2 minutes.