Day dial for New Delhi, Friday 29 August 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:58, sunset 18:46. Gulika Kalam 07:34 to 09:10. Rahu Kalam 10:46 to 12:22. Abhijit 11:56 to 12:47. Yamaganda 15:34 to 17:10.00061218Moonset 17:49Moonrise 05:14

Panchanga · New Delhi · Friday 29 August 2008

Friday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 02:56 Sat, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 29 August

Rahu Kalam runs 10:46 to 12:22. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:58 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:58
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.07:34 to 09:10
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.10:46 to 12:22
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:56 to 12:47
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.15:34 to 17:10
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:49
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:46
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:14 Sat

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShukravaraFriday, the day of Venus (Ve)From sunrise at 05:58 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 02:56 Sat · Amavasya until 01:28 Sun
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:21 Sat, then Magha until 00:37 Sun
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:08 Sat, then Shiva until 23:52 Sat
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:49 · Shakuni until 02:56 Sat · Chatushpada until 14:09 Sat

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:58The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:46Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 48 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:49Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySaturday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvadharinThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Monthly ShivaratriFriday 29 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Parsva EkadashiThursday 11 SeptemberBreak the fast on Friday between 06:05 and 08:33.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.