Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 9 January 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:41. Gulika Kalam 07:15 to 08:33. Rahu Kalam 09:52 to 11:10. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:49. Yamaganda 13:47 to 15:05.00061218Moonset 12:50Moonrise 02:57

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 9 January 2010

Saturday in New Delhi.

Dashami until 03:46 Sun, then Ekadashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 9 January

Rahu Kalam runs 09:52 to 11:10. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.07:15 to 08:33
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:52 to 11:10
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:49
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.12:50
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:47 to 15:05
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:41
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.02:57 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 03:46 Sun · Ekadashi until 04:41 Mon
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:21, then Vishakha until 18:34 Sun
  • YogaDhriti, then ShulaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:03, then Shula until 19:26 Sun
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 15:32 · Vishti until 03:46 Sun · Bava until 16:09 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:41Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset12:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise02:57Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday

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.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

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.