Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 16 May 1991A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:30, sunset 19:05. Yamaganda 05:30 to 07:12. Gulika Kalam 08:54 to 10:36. Abhijit 11:50 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:59 to 15:41.00061218Moonset 21:44Moonrise 07:08

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 16 May 1991

Thursday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 23:59, then Chaturthi.

Observed today Akshaya Tritiya

Times forNew Delhi · 16 May

Rahu Kalam runs 13:59 to 15:41. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.05:30 to 07:12
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.07:08
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:54 to 10:36
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:50 to 12:45
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:59 to 15:41
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:05
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.21:44

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Tritiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waxing MoonTritiya until 23:59 · Chaturthi until 20:53 Fri
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:23, then Ardra until 20:04 Fri
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:56, then Dhriti until 11:12 Fri
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 13:37 · Gara until 23:59 · Vanija until 10:23 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:05Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 35 min of daylight
  • Moonset21:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise07:08Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraPrajapatiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Akshaya TritiyaThursday 16 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiFriday 24 MayBreak the fast on Saturday between 05:26 and 08:10.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.