Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 24 January 1996A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:53. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:33. Rahu Kalam 12:33 to 13:53.00061218Moonset 22:11Moonrise 09:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 24 January 1996

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Panchami until 04:36 Thu, then Shashthi.

Observed today Vasant Panchami

Times forNew Delhi · 24 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:33 to 13:53. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:53
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:44
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:33
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:33 to 13:53
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:53
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:11

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Panchami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPanchami, then ShashthiThe fifth and sixth lunar days of the waxing MoonPanchami until 04:36 Thu · Shashthi until 04:00 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:07, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:42 Thu
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:15, then Shiva until 14:10 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 17:13 · Balava until 04:36 Thu · Kaulava until 16:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:53Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 40 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:11Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:44Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraYuvaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Vasant PanchamiWednesday 24 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Jaya EkadashiWednesday 31 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:10 and 09:19.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.