Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 May 1983A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:29, sunset 19:06. Yamaganda 07:11 to 08:53. Gulika Kalam 10:36 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 00:44Moonrise 10:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 May 1983

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 11:10, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 18 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:11 to 08:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:36 to 12:18
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:38
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:06
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:44 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 11:10 · Saptami until 08:52 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:47, then Ashlesha until 12:17 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:29 Thu, then Dhruva until 21:37 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 11:10 · Gara until 22:00 · Vanija until 08:52 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:06Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 37 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise10:38Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha 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.

  • shashthiWednesday 18 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiSunday 22 MayBreak the fast on Monday between 07:32 and 08:11.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.