Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 26 December 1985A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:32. Yamaganda 07:12 to 08:29. Gulika Kalam 09:47 to 11:04. Abhijit 12:01 to 12:42. Rahu Kalam 13:39 to 14:57.00061218Moonrise 16:35

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 26 December 1985

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 11:12, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 26 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:39 to 14:57. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:12 to 08:29
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:47 to 11:04
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:01 to 12:42
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:39 to 14:57
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:35
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:32

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 11:12 · Purnima until 13:00 Fri
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:52 Fri, then Ardra until 04:54 Sat
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 06:23 Fri, then Brahma until 06:23 Sat
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:12 · Vishti until 00:09 Fri · Bava until 13:00 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:32Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise16:35Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKrodhanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastThursday 26 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiMonday 6 JanuaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:30 and 17:39.
  • Saphala Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 7 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.