Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 17 February 1998A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:58, sunset 18:13. Yamaganda 09:47 to 11:11. Abhijit 12:13 to 12:58. Gulika Kalam 12:35 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:24 to 16:48.00061218Moonset 10:17Moonrise 23:21

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 17 February 1998

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 06:10 Wed, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 17 February

Rahu Kalam runs 15:24 to 16:48. 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.09:47 to 11:11
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:17
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:13 to 12:58
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:35 to 14:00
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:24 to 16:48
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:13
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.23:21

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:58 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 06:10 Wed · Saptami until 08:10 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:43, then Swati until 11:32 Wed
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:54, then Vriddhi until 13:36 Wed
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 17:00 · Vanija until 06:10 Wed · Vishti until 19:14 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:58The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:13Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 14 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:17Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise23:21Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraIshvaraThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiTuesday 17 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiMonday 23 FebruaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:52 and 07:23.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.