Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 3 October 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:15, sunset 18:05. Yamaganda 07:44 to 09:12. Gulika Kalam 10:41 to 12:10. Rahu Kalam 12:10 to 13:39.00061218Moonset 13:18Moonrise 23:34

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 3 October 2007

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 03:06 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 3 October

Rahu Kalam runs 12:10 to 13:39. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:44 to 09:12
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:41 to 12:10
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:10 to 13:39
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:18
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:05
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.23:34

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 03:06 Thu · Navami until 02:35 Fri
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:57, then Punarvasu until 23:00 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:48, then Parigha until 10:56 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 15:36 · Kaulava until 03:06 Thu · Taitila until 14:45 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:05Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 51 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:18Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise23:34Upper 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
  • MasaAshvinaLunar month, counted to the full moonBhadrapada when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvajitThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 3 October

Next Ekadashi

  • Indira EkadashiSaturday 6 OctoberBreak the fast on Sunday between 13:20 and 18:00.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.