Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 April 1983A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:51, sunset 18:49. Yamaganda 07:29 to 09:06. Gulika Kalam 10:43 to 12:20. Rahu Kalam 12:20 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 01:56Moonrise 11:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 April 1983

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 01:24 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 20 April

Rahu Kalam runs 12:20 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:51 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:51
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:29 to 09:06
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:43 to 12:20
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:40
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:20 to 13:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:49
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:56 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:51 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 01:24 Thu · Navami until 23:12 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:46, then Pushya until 08:22 Thu
  • YogaDhriti, then ShulaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:33, then Shula until 18:40 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 14:28 · Bava until 01:24 Thu · Balava until 12:18 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:51The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:49Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:56Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:40Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraRudhirodgariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 20 April

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiSaturday 23 AprilBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:48 and 08:24.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.