Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 26 August 1986A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:56, sunset 18:50. Yamaganda 09:09 to 10:46. Abhijit 11:57 to 12:49. Gulika Kalam 12:23 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:36 to 17:13.00061218Moonset 12:01Moonrise 22:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 26 August 1986

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 00:59 Wed, then Ashtami.

Times forNew Delhi · 26 August

Rahu Kalam runs 15:36 to 17:13. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:56 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:56
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:09 to 10:46
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:57 to 12:49
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.12:01
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:23 to 14:00
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:36 to 17:13
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:50
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:44

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:56 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then AshtamiThe seventh and eighth lunar days of the waning MoonSaptami until 00:59 Wed · Ashtami until 03:21 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:06, then Krittika until 13:54 Wed
  • YogaDhruva, then VyaghataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:05, then Vyaghata until 19:56 Wed
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 11:54 · Bava until 00:59 Wed · Balava until 14:09 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:56The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:50Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 54 min of daylight
  • Moonset12:01Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraAkshayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Aja EkadashiSunday 31 AugustBreak the fast on Monday between 05:59 and 08:31.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.