Day dial for New Delhi, Friday 13 January 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:45. Gulika Kalam 08:34 to 09:53. Rahu Kalam 11:11 to 12:30. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:51. Yamaganda 15:07 to 16:26.00061218Moonrise 16:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Friday 13 January 2006

Friday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 13:38, then Purnima.

Times forNew Delhi · 13 January

Rahu Kalam runs 11:11 to 12:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:34 to 09:53
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.11:11 to 12:30
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:51
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.15:07 to 16:26
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:40
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:45

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShukravaraFriday, the day of Venus (Ve)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 13:38 · Purnima until 15:18 Sat
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:23, then Punarvasu until 21:36 Sat
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:38, then Vaidhriti until 14:47 Sat
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 13:38 · Vishti until 02:25 Sat · Bava until 15:18 Sat

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:45Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise16:40Upper 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.

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

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.