Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 5 August 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:45, sunset 19:09. Yamaganda 07:25 to 09:06. Gulika Kalam 10:46 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 14:08.00061218Moonrise 18:45

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 5 August 2009

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima all day.

Observed today Raksha Bandhan, Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 5 August

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 14:08. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:45 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:45
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:25 to 09:06
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:46 to 12:27
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 14:08
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:45
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:09

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:45 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnimaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing MoonPurnima until 06:25 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:44, then Shravana until 13:41 Thu
  • YogaPriti, then AyushmanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 06:29, then Ayushman until 07:27 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 17:13 · Bava until 06:25 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:45The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:09Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 24 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:45Upper 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
  • MasaShravanaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Raksha BandhanWednesday 5 August
  • Full moonWednesday 5 August
  • Purnima fastWednesday 5 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Aja EkadashiSunday 16 AugustBreak the fast on Monday between 13:44 and 18:58.
  • Aja Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 17 AugustFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.