Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 2 May 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:40, sunset 18:57. Yamaganda 07:20 to 08:59. Gulika Kalam 10:39 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:58.00061218Moonrise 19:05

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 2 May 2007

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 15:39, then Pratipada.

Observed today Full moon

Times forNew Delhi · 2 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:40 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:40
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:20 to 08:59
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:39 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:58
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.18:57
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:05

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:40 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 15:39 · Pratipada until 17:46 Thu
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:19, then Vishakha until 22:56 Thu
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:53, then Vyatipata until 12:36 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 15:39 · Balava until 04:45 Thu · Kaulava until 17:46 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:40The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:57Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 16 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise19:05Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvajitThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Full moonWednesday 2 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiSunday 13 MayBreak the fast on Monday between 05:32 and 08:13.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.