Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 17 January 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:47. Yamaganda 07:15 to 08:34. Gulika Kalam 09:53 to 11:12. Abhijit 12:10 to 12:52. Rahu Kalam 13:50 to 15:09.00061218Moonset 02:53Moonrise 12:36

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 17 January 2008

Thursday in New Delhi.

Navami until 10:03, then Dashami.

Times forNew Delhi · 17 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:50 to 15:09. 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.07:15 to 08:34
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:53 to 11:12
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:10 to 12:52
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:36
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:50 to 15:09
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:47
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:53 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 10:03 · Dashami until 07:35 Fri
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:26, then Krittika until 18:35 Fri
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:42, then Shubha until 07:28 Fri
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 10:03 · Taitila until 20:51 · Gara until 07:35 Fri

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 33 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:53Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise12:36Upper 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.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

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.