Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 6 December 1997A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:00, sunset 17:24. Gulika Kalam 07:00 to 08:18. Rahu Kalam 09:36 to 10:54. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:33. Yamaganda 13:30 to 14:48.00061218Moonset 23:39Moonrise 11:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 6 December 1997

Saturday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 00:35 Sun, then Ashtami.

Times forNew Delhi · 6 December

Rahu Kalam runs 09:36 to 10:54. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:00
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.07:00 to 08:18
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:36 to 10:54
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:33
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:55
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:30 to 14:48
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:39

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then AshtamiThe seventh and eighth lunar days of the waxing MoonSaptami until 00:35 Sun · Ashtami until 22:41 Sun
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:28, then Shatabhisha until 09:21 Sun
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:02 Sun, then Vajra until 23:17 Sun
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:28 · Vanija until 00:35 Sun · Vishti until 11:39 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:39Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:55Upper 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.

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

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.