Day dial for New Delhi, Monday 23 December 1996A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:11, sunset 17:30. Rahu Kalam 08:28 to 09:45. Yamaganda 11:03 to 12:20. Abhijit 12:00 to 12:41. Gulika Kalam 13:38 to 14:55.00061218Moonset 06:22Moonrise 16:32

Panchanga · New Delhi · Monday 23 December 1996

Monday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 01:03 Tue, then Purnima.

Times forNew Delhi · 23 December

Rahu Kalam runs 08:28 to 09:45. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:11
  2. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:28 to 09:45
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.11:03 to 12:20
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:00 to 12:41
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.13:38 to 14:55
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:32
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:30
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:22 Tue

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraSomavaraMonday, the day of the Moon (Mo)From sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 01:03 Tue · Purnima until 02:11 Wed
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:06, then Mrigashira until 20:40 Tue
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:10 Tue, then Shukla until 03:54 Wed
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 12:38 · Vanija until 01:03 Tue · Vishti until 13:34 Tue

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:11The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:30Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:22Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityTuesday
  • Moonrise16:32Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraDhataThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiSunday 5 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 07:15 and 09:19.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.