Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 5 January 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:38. Yamaganda 07:15 to 08:33. Gulika Kalam 09:51 to 11:09. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:47. Rahu Kalam 13:44 to 15:02.00061218Moonset 23:28Moonrise 11:13

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 5 January 2006

Thursday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 14:58, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 5 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:44 to 15:02. 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. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:13
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:47
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:44 to 15:02
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:38
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:28

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 14:58 · Saptami until 13:09 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:36, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:29 Fri
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:38 Fri, then Parigha until 22:07 Fri
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 14:58 · Gara until 02:00 Fri · Vanija until 13:09 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:38Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:28Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:13Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraParthivaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiThursday 5 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiTuesday 10 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:16 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.