Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 May 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:30, sunset 19:06. Yamaganda 07:12 to 08:54. Gulika Kalam 10:36 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 08:37Moonrise 23:23

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 May 2006

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 09:16, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 17 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:12 to 08:54
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:37
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:36 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:06
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.23:23

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 09:16 · Panchami until 07:40 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:35, then Uttara Ashadha until 19:37 Thu
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:53, then Shubha until 08:31 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 09:16 · Kaulava until 20:30 · Taitila until 07:40 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:06Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 36 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:37Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise23:23Upper 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
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVyayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 17 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiTuesday 23 MayBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:27 and 08:10.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.