Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 4 November 1998A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:35, sunset 17:34. Yamaganda 07:57 to 09:20. Gulika Kalam 10:42 to 12:05. Rahu Kalam 12:05 to 13:27.00061218Moonrise 18:02

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 4 November 1998

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 10:48, then Pratipada.

Observed today Kartika Purnima, Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 4 November

Rahu Kalam runs 12:05 to 13:27. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:35
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:57 to 09:20
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:42 to 12:05
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:05 to 13:27
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.17:34
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:02

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 10:48 · Pratipada until 06:54 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:45 Thu, then Krittika until 21:45 Thu
  • YogaSiddhi, Vyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:39, then Vyatipata until 03:13 Thu, then Variyan until 22:56 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:48 · Balava until 20:50 · Kaulava until 06:54 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:34Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 59 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:02Upper 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
  • MasaKartikaLunar month, counted to the full moonKartika when counted to the new moon
  • RituSharadAutumn, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraBahudhanyaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Kartika PurnimaWednesday 4 November
  • Full moonWednesday 4 November
  • Purnima fastWednesday 4 November

Next Ekadashi

  • Utpanna EkadashiSaturday 14 NovemberBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:44 and 08:52.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.