Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 6 January 2005A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:39. Yamaganda 07:15 to 08:33. Gulika Kalam 09:51 to 11:09. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:48. Rahu Kalam 13:45 to 15:03.00061218Moonset 13:35Moonrise 03:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 6 January 2005

Thursday is Saphala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Dashami until 09:27, then Ekadashi. Break the fast on Saturday 8 Jan after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 6 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:45 to 15:03. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:15 to 08:33
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:51 to 11:09
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:48
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:35
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:45 to 15:03
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:39
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:41 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 09:27 · Ekadashi until 07:20 Fri
  • NakshatraVishakha, then AnuradhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:40 Fri, then Anuradha until 02:39 Sat
  • YogaDhriti, then ShulaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:42, then Shula until 10:39 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 09:27 · Bava until 20:29 · Balava until 07:20 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:39Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:35Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

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
  • SamvatsaraTaranaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Saphala EkadashiThursday 6 JanuaryBreak the fast on Saturday 8 Jan after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiThursday 20 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 13:37 and 17:51.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Friday 21 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Saturday between 07:14 and 08:29.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.