Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 January 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:47. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 13:50.00061218Moonset 01:44Moonrise 11:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 January 2008

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 12:16, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 16 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. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:55
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 13:50
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:47
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:44 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 12:16 · Navami until 10:03 Thu
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:05, then Bharani until 20:26 Thu
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:45, then Sadhya until 10:42 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 12:16 · Balava until 23:12 · Kaulava until 10:03 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:47Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 32 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:55Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

  • ashtamiWednesday 16 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiFriday 18 JanuaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 13:36 and 17:49.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Saturday 19 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Sunday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.