Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 January 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:50. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 13:52.00061218Moonset 22:19Moonrise 09:47

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 January 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Panchami until 01:24 Thu, then Shashthi.

Observed today Vasant Panchami

Times forNew Delhi · 20 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 13:52. 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.08:34 to 09:53
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:47
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:32
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 13:52
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:50
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:19

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Panchami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPanchami, then ShashthiThe fifth and sixth lunar days of the waxing MoonPanchami until 01:24 Thu · Shashthi until 03:05 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:49, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 21:05 Thu
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:27 Thu, then Shiva until 01:37 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 12:23 · Balava until 01:24 Thu · Kaulava until 14:19 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:50Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 36 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:19Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:47Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Vasant PanchamiWednesday 20 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Jaya EkadashiTuesday 26 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:12 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.