Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 7 May 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:36, sunset 19:00. Yamaganda 07:16 to 08:57. Gulika Kalam 10:37 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 21:29Moonrise 06:43

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 7 May 2008

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 10:08, then Tritiya.

Observed today Akshaya Tritiya

Times forNew Delhi · 7 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:36
  2. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:43
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:16 to 08:57
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:37 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:00
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.21:29

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waxing MoonDwitiya until 10:08 · Tritiya until 06:34 Thu
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:09, then Mrigashira until 17:34 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:00 Thu, then Sukarma until 21:12 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 10:08 · Taitila until 20:18 · Gara until 06:34 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:00Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset21:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:43Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvadharinThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Akshaya TritiyaWednesday 7 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiThursday 15 MayBreak the fast on Friday between 05:53 and 08:12.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.