Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 November 1990A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:48, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:08 to 09:27. Gulika Kalam 10:47 to 12:07. Rahu Kalam 12:07 to 13:27.00061218Moonset 20:29Moonrise 10:04

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 November 1990

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 00:58 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 November

Rahu Kalam runs 12:07 to 13:27. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:48 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:48
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:08 to 09:27
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:04
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:47 to 12:07
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:07 to 13:27
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:29

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:48 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 00:58 Thu · Panchami until 03:17 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:22 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:51 Thu, then Ganda until 03:31 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:42 · Vishti until 00:58 Thu · Bava until 14:10 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:48The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:26Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 37 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:04Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraPramodaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 21 November

Next Ekadashi

  • Mokshada EkadashiWednesday 28 NovemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 08:19 and 09:00.
  • Mokshada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 29 NovemberFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.