Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 25 January 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:54. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:34. Rahu Kalam 12:34 to 13:54.00061218Moonset 13:20Moonrise 04:04

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 25 January 2006

Wednesday is Shattila Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Dashami until 09:06, then Ekadashi. Break the fast on Friday 27 Jan after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 25 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:34 to 13:54. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:34
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:34 to 13:54
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:20
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:54
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:04 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 09:06 · Ekadashi until 07:42 Thu
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:57, then Jyeshtha until 17:51 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:31, then Dhruva until 13:58 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 09:06 · Bava until 20:30 · Balava until 07:42 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:54Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 42 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

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.

  • Shattila EkadashiWednesday 25 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday 27 Jan after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Jaya EkadashiWednesday 8 FebruaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 08:14 and 09:16.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.