Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 31 December 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:35. Yamaganda 07:14 to 08:31. Gulika Kalam 09:49 to 11:07. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:42 to 14:59.00061218Moonrise 17:08

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 31 December 2009

Thursday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 00:43 Fri, then Pratipada.

Observed today Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 31 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:42 to 14:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:14 to 08:31
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:49 to 11:07
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:45
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:42 to 14:59
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:08
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:35

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 00:43 Fri · Pratipada until 21:14 Fri
  • NakshatraMrigashira, Ardra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:20, then Ardra until 06:42 Fri, then Punarvasu until 03:56 Sat
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:58 Fri, then Indra until 21:53 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 14:23 · Bava until 00:43 Fri · Balava until 10:59 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:35Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:08Upper 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.

  • Full moonThursday 31 December
  • Purnima fastThursday 31 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiSunday 10 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 13:32 and 17:42.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.