Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 December 1988A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:06, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:23 to 09:41. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:16. Rahu Kalam 12:16 to 13:33.00061218Moonset 22:43Moonrise 11:16

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 December 1988

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 02:05 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 14 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:16 to 13:33. 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.08:23 to 09:41
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:16
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:16
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:16 to 13:33
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:43

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:06 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 02:05 Thu · Saptami until 00:09 Fri
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:01, then Shatabhisha until 16:47 Thu
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:32, then Vajra until 16:45 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 15:02 · Taitila until 02:05 Thu · Gara until 13:07 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
  • Moonset22:43Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:16Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVibhavaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 14 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Mokshada EkadashiMonday 19 DecemberBreak the fast on Tuesday between 07:10 and 09:13.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.