Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 11 January 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:43. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:52. Gulika Kalam 11:11 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 13:48.00061218Moonset 05:38Moonrise 14:53

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 11 January 2006

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 11:25, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 11 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:29 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. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:11 to 12:29
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 13:48
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:53
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:43
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:38 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 11:25 · Trayodashi until 12:20 Thu
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:59, then Mrigashira until 17:30 Thu
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:11, then Brahma until 14:46 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 11:25 · Kaulava until 23:50 · Taitila until 12:20 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:43Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 28 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:38Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:53Upper 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.

  • PradoshWednesday 11 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiWednesday 25 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday 27 Jan after sunrise.
  • Shattila Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 26 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.