Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 13 December 2000A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:05, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:23 to 09:40. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:15. Rahu Kalam 12:15 to 13:33.00061218Moonset 08:53Moonrise 19:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 13 December 2000

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 08:04, then Tritiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 13 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:15 to 13:33. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:05
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:23 to 09:40
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:53
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:15
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:15 to 13:33
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:38

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then Tritiya, then ChaturthiThe second, third and fourth lunar days of the waning MoonDwitiya until 08:04 · Tritiya until 04:50 Thu · Chaturthi until 01:48 Fri
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:07 Thu, then Pushya until 00:47 Fri
  • YogaShukla, Brahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:30, then Brahma until 05:38 Thu, then Indra until 01:56 Fri
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayGara until 08:04 · Vanija until 18:26 · Vishti until 04:50 Thu · Bava until 15:17 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:26Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:53Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise19:38Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikramaThe 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 EkadashiThursday 21 DecemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:11 and 09:14.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.