Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 February 2002A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:55, sunset 18:15. Yamaganda 08:20 to 09:45. Gulika Kalam 11:10 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 01:20Moonrise 11:29

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 February 2002

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 05:52 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 20 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:55
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:20 to 09:45
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:10 to 12:35
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:29
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:15
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:20 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 05:52 Thu · Navami until 05:56 Fri
  • NakshatraKrittika, then RohiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:44, then Rohini until 22:39 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:27, then Vaidhriti until 18:38 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 17:32 · Bava until 05:52 Thu · Balava until 18:00 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:55The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:15Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:29Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVrishaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 20 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Jaya EkadashiSaturday 23 FebruaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 08:56 and 09:08.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.