Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 29 December 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:33. Yamaganda 09:48 to 11:06. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:44. Gulika Kalam 12:23 to 13:41. Rahu Kalam 14:58 to 16:16.00061218Moonset 05:34Moonrise 15:00

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 29 December 2009

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 09:22, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 29 December

Rahu Kalam runs 14:58 to 16:16. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:48 to 11:06
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:44
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:23 to 13:41
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:58 to 16:16
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:00
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:33
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:34 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then Trayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 09:22 · Trayodashi until 06:56 Wed · Chaturdashi until 04:00 Thu
  • NakshatraKrittika, then RohiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:29, then Rohini until 11:39 Wed
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:51, then Shubha until 09:35 Wed
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 09:22 · Kaulava until 20:13 · Taitila until 06:56 Wed · Gara until 17:31 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:33Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:34Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise15:00Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshTuesday 29 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiSunday 10 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 13:32 and 17:42.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.