Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 15 April 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:56, sunset 18:47. Yamaganda 07:32 to 09:09. Gulika Kalam 10:45 to 12:21. Rahu Kalam 12:21 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 09:41Moonrise 00:16

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 15 April 2009

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 03:15 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 15 April

Rahu Kalam runs 12:21 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:56 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:56
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:32 to 09:09
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:41
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:45 to 12:21
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:21 to 13:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:47
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:16 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:56 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 03:15 Thu · Saptami until 05:50 Fri
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:46 Thu, then Purva Ashadha until 04:52 Fri
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:02, then Shiva until 23:02 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 14:00 · Vanija until 03:15 Thu · Vishti until 16:32 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:56The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:47Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 51 min of daylight
  • Moonset09:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 15 April

Next Ekadashi

  • Varuthini EkadashiTuesday 21 AprilBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:49 and 08:25.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.