Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 18 December 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:08, sunset 17:27. Yamaganda 09:43 to 11:00. Abhijit 11:57 to 12:38. Gulika Kalam 12:17 to 13:35. Rahu Kalam 14:52 to 16:10.00061218Moonset 01:41Moonrise 12:45

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 18 December 2007

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 01:15 Wed, then Dashami.

Times forNew Delhi · 18 December

Rahu Kalam runs 14:52 to 16:10. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:08 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:08
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:43 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:57 to 12:38
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:17 to 13:35
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:45
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:52 to 16:10
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:27
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:41 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:08 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 01:15 Wed · Dashami until 22:53 Wed
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:41, then Revati until 17:09 Wed
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:06, then Variyan until 12:08 Wed
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 14:15 · Kaulava until 01:15 Wed · Taitila until 12:08 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:08The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:27Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:45Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvajitThe 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

  • Mokshada EkadashiThursday 20 DecemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:10 and 09:13.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.