Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 12 January 2005A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:44. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:52. Gulika Kalam 11:11 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 13:48.00061218Moonset 19:55Moonrise 09:01

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 12 January 2005

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 09:56, then Tritiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 12 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 13:48. 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.08:34 to 09:52
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:01
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:11 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 13:48
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:44
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:55

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then Tritiya, then ChaturthiThe second, third and fourth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwitiya until 09:56 · Tritiya until 06:37 Thu · Chaturthi until 03:53 Fri
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:50, then Dhanishtha until 09:18 Thu
  • YogaVajra, Siddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:30, then Siddhi until 05:33 Thu, then Vyatipata until 02:03 Fri
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 09:56 · Taitila until 20:13 · Gara until 06:37 Thu · Vanija until 17:10 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:44Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:01Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

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.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.