Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 7 January 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:40. Yamaganda 07:15 to 08:33. Gulika Kalam 09:51 to 11:09. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:48. Rahu Kalam 13:45 to 15:04.00061218Moonset 11:35Moonrise 00:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 7 January 2010

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 03:45 Fri, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 7 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:45 to 15:04. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:15 to 08:33
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:51 to 11:09
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:35
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:48
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:45 to 15:04
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:40
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:56 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 03:45 Fri · Navami until 03:27 Sat
  • NakshatraHasta, then ChitraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:43, then Chitra until 16:43 Fri
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:44, then Sukarma until 21:09 Fri
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 16:09 · Kaulava until 03:45 Fri · Taitila until 15:31 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:40Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:35Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:56Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaMaghaLunar 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.

  • ashtamiThursday 7 January

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.