Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 23 February 2005A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:52, sunset 18:17. Yamaganda 08:18 to 09:44. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 17:34

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 23 February 2005

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 08:37, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 23 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:52 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:52
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:18 to 09:44
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:35
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:34
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:17

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:52 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 08:37 · Purnima until 10:24 Thu
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:14, then Magha until 13:29 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:02 Thu, then Sukarma until 04:07 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 08:37 · Vishti until 21:33 · Bava until 10:24 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:52The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:17Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 25 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:34Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraTaranaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastWednesday 23 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiSunday 6 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 07:57 and 09:01.
  • Vijaya Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 7 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.