Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 January 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:48. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 13:50.00061218Moonset 15:48Moonrise 06:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 January 2007

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 12:16, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 17 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 13:50. 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. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:31
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 13:50
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:48
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:48
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:38 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waning MoonTrayodashi until 12:16 · Chaturdashi until 11:09 Thu
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:19, then Purva Ashadha until 19:39 Thu
  • YogaDhruva, then VyaghataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:35, then Vyaghata until 07:32 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then ShakuniHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 12:16 · Vishti until 23:47 · Shakuni until 11:09 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:48Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 33 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:48Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:38Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVyayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 17 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Jaya EkadashiMonday 29 JanuaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 07:11 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.