Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 July 2004A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:36, sunset 19:18. Yamaganda 07:19 to 09:02. Gulika Kalam 10:45 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 14:10.00061218Moonset 21:59Moonrise 08:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 July 2004

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 22:12, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 July

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 14:10. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:36
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:19 to 09:02
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:52
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:45 to 12:27
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 14:10
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:18
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.21:59

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 22:12 · Panchami until 22:32 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:31 Thu, then Uttara Phalguni until 05:25 Fri
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:35 Thu, then Parigha until 23:50 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 09:52 · Vishti until 22:12 · Bava until 10:25 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:18Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 42 min of daylight
  • Moonset21:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:52Upper 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
  • MasaShravanaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraTaranaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 21 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Padmini EkadashiWednesday 28 JulyBreak the fast on Thursday between 05:41 and 08:23.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.