Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 2 December 1998A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:57, sunset 17:24. Yamaganda 08:15 to 09:34. Gulika Kalam 10:52 to 12:10. Rahu Kalam 12:10 to 13:29.00061218Moonset 06:13Moonrise 16:36

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 2 December 1998

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 00:27 Thu, then Purnima.

Times forNew Delhi · 2 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:10 to 13:29. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:57 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:57
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:15 to 09:34
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:52 to 12:10
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:10 to 13:29
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:36
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:13 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:57 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 00:27 Thu · Purnima until 20:49 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:59, then Krittika until 09:04 Thu
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:56, then Shiva until 08:42 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 14:17 · Vanija until 00:27 Thu · Vishti until 10:37 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:57The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 27 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:13Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise16:36Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraBahudhanyaThe 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

  • Saphala EkadashiMonday 14 DecemberBreak the fast on Tuesday between 07:06 and 09:09.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.