Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 1 January 2003A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:35. Yamaganda 08:31 to 09:49. Gulika Kalam 11:07 to 12:25. Rahu Kalam 12:25 to 13:42.00061218Moonset 16:06Moonrise 06:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 1 January 2003

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 03:38 Thu, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 1 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:25 to 13:42. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:31 to 09:49
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:07 to 12:25
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:25 to 13:42
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:06
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:35
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:41 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 03:38 Thu · Amavasya until 01:53 Fri
  • NakshatraJyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:49, then Mula until 17:36 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:19, then Vriddhi until 10:29 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 16:38 · Shakuni until 03:38 Thu · Chatushpada until 14:43 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:35Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:06Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:41Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar 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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 1 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiTuesday 14 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:16 and 09:21.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.