Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 12 December 2002A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:04, sunset 17:25. Yamaganda 07:04 to 08:22. Gulika Kalam 09:39 to 10:57. Abhijit 11:54 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 13:32 to 14:50.00061218Moonset 01:08Moonrise 13:09

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 12 December 2002

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 10:24, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 12 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:32 to 14:50. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:04 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:04
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:04 to 08:22
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:39 to 10:57
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:54 to 12:35
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.13:09
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:32 to 14:50
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:25
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:08 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:04 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 10:24 · Navami until 12:51 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:54, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:48 Fri
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:57, then Vyatipata until 20:47 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:24 · Balava until 23:35 · Kaulava until 12:51 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:04The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:25Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:08Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise13:09Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraChitrabhanuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiThursday 12 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Mokshada EkadashiSunday 15 DecemberBreak the fast on Monday between 07:07 and 09:10.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.