Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 January 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:49. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 13:51.00061218Moonset 09:40Moonrise 21:20

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 January 2006

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 01:02 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 18 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 13:51. 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 09:53
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:40
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:32
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 13:51
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:49
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.21:20

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 01:02 Thu · Panchami until 03:43 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:15 Thu
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:40, then Shobhana until 18:39 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 11:39 · Balava until 01:02 Thu · Kaulava until 14:23 Thu

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
  • Moonset09:40Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise21:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaMaghaLunar 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.

  • chaturthiWednesday 18 January
  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 18 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.