Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 3 December 1997A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:58, sunset 17:24. Yamaganda 08:16 to 09:34. Gulika Kalam 10:53 to 12:11. Rahu Kalam 12:11 to 13:29.00061218Moonset 20:36Moonrise 09:33

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 3 December 1997

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 05:12 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 3 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:11 to 13:29. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:58 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:58
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:16 to 09:34
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:33
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:53 to 12:11
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:11 to 13:29
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:36

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:58 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 05:12 Thu · Panchami until 03:51 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:43, then Uttara Ashadha until 12:10 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:37, then Vriddhi until 09:28 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 17:48 · Vishti until 05:12 Thu · Bava until 16:33 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:58The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:36Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:33Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraIshvaraThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 3 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Mokshada EkadashiWednesday 10 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:04 and 09:07.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.