Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 15 February 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:00, sunset 18:11. Yamaganda 08:24 to 09:48. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 08:10Moonrise 20:07

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 15 February 2006

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 15:32, then Tritiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 15 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:00
  2. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:10
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:24 to 09:48
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:35
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:11
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.20:07

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waning MoonDwitiya until 15:32 · Tritiya until 18:08 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:36, then Uttara Phalguni until 18:37 Thu
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:08, then Dhriti until 00:00 Fri
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 15:32 · Vanija until 04:51 Thu · Vishti until 18:08 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:11Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 11 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:10Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise20:07Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate 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

  • Vijaya EkadashiFriday 24 FebruaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:51 and 09:08.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.