Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 24 February 1983A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:52, sunset 18:17. Yamaganda 06:52 to 08:18. Gulika Kalam 09:43 to 11:09. Abhijit 12:12 to 12:58. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:26.00061218Moonset 05:16Moonrise 14:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 24 February 1983

Thursday is Padmini Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 00:39 Fri, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 24 February

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:26. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:52 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:52
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:52 to 08:18
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:43 to 11:09
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:12 to 12:58
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:26
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:56
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:17
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:16 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:52 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 00:39 Fri · Trayodashi until 21:18 Fri
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:21, then Pushya until 17:48 Fri
  • YogaAyushman, then SaubhagyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:32, then Saubhagya until 08:43 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 14:14 · Balava until 00:39 Fri · Kaulava until 11:00 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:52The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:17Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise14:56Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDundubhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Padmini Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 24 FebruaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Parama EkadashiThursday 10 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:37 and 08:58.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.