Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 September 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:07, sunset 18:24. Yamaganda 07:39 to 09:11. Gulika Kalam 10:43 to 12:15. Rahu Kalam 12:15 to 13:47.00061218Moonset 07:53Moonrise 19:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 September 2008

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 11:20, then Tritiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 17 September

Rahu Kalam runs 12:15 to 13:47. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:07 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:07
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:39 to 09:11
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.07:53
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:43 to 12:15
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:15 to 13:47
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:24
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:24

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:07 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waning MoonDwitiya until 11:20 · Tritiya until 09:08 Thu
  • NakshatraRevati, then AshwiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:16, then Ashwini until 18:45 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:15, then Dhruva until 10:21 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 11:20 · Vanija until 22:16 · Vishti until 09:08 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:07The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:24Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 17 min of daylight
  • Moonset07:53Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise19:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaAshvinaLunar 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.

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

Next Ekadashi

  • Indira EkadashiThursday 25 SeptemberBreak the fast on Friday between 06:12 and 08:35.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.