Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 May 2000A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:29, sunset 19:06. Yamaganda 07:11 to 08:53. Gulika Kalam 10:36 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 18:15

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 May 2000

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 11:47, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 17 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:11 to 08:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:36 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:15
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:06

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 11:47 · Purnima until 13:04 Thu
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:15, then Vishakha until 12:09 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:18, then Parigha until 23:29 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:47 · Vishti until 00:22 Thu · Bava until 13:04 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:06Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 37 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:15Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikramaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastWednesday 17 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiMonday 29 MayBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:42 and 19:13.
  • Apara Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 30 MayFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.