Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 27 December 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:32. Yamaganda 08:30 to 09:47. Gulika Kalam 11:05 to 12:22. Rahu Kalam 12:22 to 13:40.00061218Moonset 00:34Moonrise 11:58

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 27 December 2006

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 09:16, then Ashtami.

Times forNew Delhi · 27 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:22 to 13:40. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:30 to 09:47
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:05 to 12:22
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:58
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:22 to 13:40
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:32
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:34 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then AshtamiThe seventh and eighth lunar days of the waxing MoonSaptami until 09:16 · Ashtami until 07:19 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:40 Thu, then Revati until 03:22 Fri
  • YogaVyatipata, Variyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:25, then Variyan until 06:37 Thu, then Parigha until 03:47 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 09:16 · Vishti until 20:18 · Bava until 07:19 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:32Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:34Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:58Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVyayaThe 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

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSaturday 30 DecemberBreak the fast on Sunday between 07:14 and 09:17.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.