Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 3 September 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:00, sunset 18:40. Yamaganda 07:35 to 09:10. Gulika Kalam 10:45 to 12:20. Rahu Kalam 12:20 to 13:55.00061218Moonset 20:29Moonrise 09:11

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 3 September 2008

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 00:51 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today Ganesh Chaturthi, chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 3 September

Rahu Kalam runs 12:20 to 13:55. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:00
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:35 to 09:10
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:11
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:45 to 12:20
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:20 to 13:55
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:40
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:29

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 00:51 Thu · Panchami until 02:13 Fri
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:47 Thu, then Swati until 04:48 Fri
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:54, then Brahma until 18:51 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 12:24 · Vishti until 00:51 Thu · Bava until 13:28 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:40Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 40 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:11Upper 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
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonBhadrapada 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.

  • Ganesh ChaturthiWednesday 3 September
  • chaturthiWednesday 3 September

Next Ekadashi

  • Parsva EkadashiThursday 11 SeptemberBreak the fast on Friday between 06:05 and 08:33.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.