Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 24 May 2000A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:26, sunset 19:10. Yamaganda 07:09 to 08:52. Gulika Kalam 10:35 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 10:10Moonrise 00:02

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 24 May 2000

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 02:48 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 24 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:09 to 08:52
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:10
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:35 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:10
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:02 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 02:48 Thu · Saptami until 04:42 Fri
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:13 Thu, then Dhanishtha until 07:39 Fri
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:48 Thu, then Indra until 05:19 Fri
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:40 · Vanija until 02:48 Thu · Vishti until 15:49 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:10Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 44 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:10Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:02Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar 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.

  • shashthiWednesday 24 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.