Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 18 January 2005A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:49. Yamaganda 09:53 to 11:12. Abhijit 12:11 to 12:53. Gulika Kalam 12:32 to 13:51. Rahu Kalam 15:10 to 16:30.00061218Moonset 02:05Moonrise 12:23

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 18 January 2005

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 02:01 Wed, then Dashami.

Times forNew Delhi · 18 January

Rahu Kalam runs 15:10 to 16:30. 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.09:53 to 11:12
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:11 to 12:53
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:23
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:32 to 13:51
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:10 to 16:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:49
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:05 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 02:01 Wed · Dashami until 03:49 Thu
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:26, then Bharani until 09:19 Wed
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:51, then Shubha until 17:57 Wed
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 13:19 · Kaulava until 02:01 Wed · Taitila until 14:51 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:49Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 34 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:05Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:23Upper 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.