Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 8 July 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:30, sunset 19:22. Yamaganda 08:58 to 10:42. Abhijit 11:58 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:26 to 14:10. Rahu Kalam 15:54 to 17:38.00061218Moonset 23:00Moonrise 10:47

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 8 July 2008

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 20:49, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 8 July

Rahu Kalam runs 15:54 to 17:38. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:58 to 10:42
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:47
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:58 to 12:54
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:26 to 14:10
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:54 to 17:38
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:22
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:00

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 20:49 · Saptami until 21:29 Wed
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:37, then Uttara Phalguni until 06:32 Wed
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:51 Wed, then Parigha until 00:30 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 08:45 · Taitila until 20:49 · Gara until 09:03 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:22Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 53 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:00Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:47Upper 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
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvadharinThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiTuesday 8 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Devshayani EkadashiSunday 13 JulyBreak the fast on Monday between 13:50 and 19:21.
  • Devshayani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 14 JulyFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday between 05:34 and 07:38.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.