Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 22 December 1988A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:10, sunset 17:29. Yamaganda 07:10 to 08:28. Gulika Kalam 09:45 to 11:02. Abhijit 11:59 to 12:40. Rahu Kalam 13:37 to 14:55.00061218Moonrise 16:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 22 December 1988

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 11:48, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 22 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:37 to 14:55. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:10 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:10
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:10 to 08:28
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:45 to 11:02
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:59 to 12:40
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:37 to 14:55
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:29

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:10 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 11:48 · Purnima until 10:59 Fri
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:00, then Mrigashira until 08:45 Fri
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:45, then Shukla until 18:01 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:48 · Vishti until 23:20 · Bava until 10:59 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:10The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:29Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 19 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise16:30Upper 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.

  • Purnima fastThursday 22 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiTuesday 3 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 13:29 and 17:37.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.