Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 June 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:24, sunset 19:22. Yamaganda 07:08 to 08:53. Gulika Kalam 10:38 to 12:23. Rahu Kalam 12:23 to 14:07.00061218Moonset 23:27Moonrise 10:22

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 June 2007

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 03:57 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 20 June

Rahu Kalam runs 12:23 to 14:07. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:08 to 08:53
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:22
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:38 to 12:23
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:23 to 14:07
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:22
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:27

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 03:57 Thu · Saptami until 05:42 Fri
  • NakshatraMagha, then Purva PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:19, then Purva Phalguni until 22:30 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:24, then Siddhi until 23:45 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 15:19 · Taitila until 03:57 Thu · Gara until 16:45 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:22Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:27Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:22Upper 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
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonJyeshtha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvajitThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 20 June

Next Ekadashi

  • Nirjala EkadashiTuesday 26 JuneBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:26 and 08:12.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.