Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 September 1997A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:06, sunset 18:25. Yamaganda 09:11 to 10:43. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:40. Gulika Kalam 12:16 to 13:48. Rahu Kalam 15:21 to 16:53.00061218Moonrise 18:12

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 September 1997

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 00:20 Wed, then Pratipada.

Observed today Kanya sankranti, Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 16 September

Rahu Kalam runs 15:21 to 16:53. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:06
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:11 to 10:43
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:40
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:16 to 13:48
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:21 to 16:53
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:12
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:25

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:06 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 00:20 Wed · Pratipada until 20:36 Wed
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:24, then Purva Bhadrapada until 05:26 Wed, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 02:31 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:01 Wed, then Ganda until 19:48 Wed
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 14:14 · Bava until 00:20 Wed · Balava until 10:27 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:06The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:25Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 19 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:12Upper 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
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonBhadrapada when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraIshvaraThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Kanya sankrantiTuesday 16 September
  • Full moonTuesday 16 September
  • Purnima fastTuesday 16 September

Next Ekadashi

  • Indira EkadashiSaturday 27 SeptemberBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:13 and 08:36.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.