Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 22 July 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:37, sunset 19:18. Yamaganda 07:20 to 09:02. Gulika Kalam 10:45 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 14:10.00061218Moonset 19:35

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 22 July 2009

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Amavasya until 08:05, then Pratipada.

Observed today New moon

Times forNew Delhi · 22 July

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 14:10. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:37 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:37
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:20 to 09:02
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:45 to 12:27
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 14:10
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.19:18
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:35

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Amavasya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:37 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAmavasya, then Pratipada, then DwitiyaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waning Moon, then the first and second of the waxing MoonAmavasya until 08:05 · Pratipada until 04:23 Thu · Dwitiya until 00:54 Fri
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:51 Thu, then Ashlesha until 23:10 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:38, then Siddhi until 17:38 Thu
  • KaranaNaga, Kimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayNaga until 08:05 · Kimstughna until 18:13 · Bava until 04:23 Thu · Balava until 14:36 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:37The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:18Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 41 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:35Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • New moonWednesday 22 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Shravana Putrada EkadashiSaturday 1 AugustBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:44 and 08:24.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.