Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 9 May 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:34, sunset 19:01. Gulika Kalam 05:34 to 07:15. Rahu Kalam 08:56 to 10:37. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:45. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:39.00061218Moonrise 19:27

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 9 May 2009

Saturday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 09:31, then Pratipada.

Observed today Full moon

Times forNew Delhi · 9 May

Rahu Kalam runs 08:56 to 10:37. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:34 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:34
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.05:34 to 07:15
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:56 to 10:37
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:45
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:39
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:01
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:27

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 05:34 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 09:31 · Pratipada until 10:36 Sun
  • NakshatraVishakha, then AnuradhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:08 Sun, then Anuradha until 04:09 Mon
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:30 Sun, then Parigha until 04:38 Mon
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 09:31 · Balava until 22:00 · Kaulava until 10:36 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:34The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:01Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 27 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise19:27Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha 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.

  • Full moonSaturday 9 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiWednesday 20 MayBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:40 and 19:08.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.