Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 December 1987A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:06, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:24 to 09:41. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:16. Rahu Kalam 12:16 to 13:34.00061218Moonset 13:50Moonrise 03:19

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 December 1987

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dashami until 08:22, then Ekadashi.

Observed today Dhanu sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:16 to 13:34. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:06 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:06
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:24 to 09:41
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:16
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:16 to 13:34
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:50
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:19 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:06 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 08:22 · Ekadashi until 08:11 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:50, then Swati until 20:48 Thu
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:06, then Atiganda until 18:25 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 08:22 · Bava until 20:23 · Balava until 08:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:06The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:26Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:19Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraPrabhavaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Dhanu sankrantiWednesday 16 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiThursday 17 DecemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:08 and 07:08.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.