Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 20 February 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:55, sunset 18:15. Gulika Kalam 06:55 to 08:20. Rahu Kalam 09:45 to 11:10. Abhijit 12:12 to 12:58. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:25.00061218Moonset 23:59Moonrise 09:59

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 20 February 2010

Saturday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 18:27, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 20 February

Rahu Kalam runs 09:45 to 11:10. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:55
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:55 to 08:20
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:45 to 11:10
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:59
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:12 to 12:58
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:25
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:15
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:59

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 18:27 · Saptami until 18:27 Sun
  • NakshatraBharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:14 Sun
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:25 Sun, then Indra until 03:02 Mon
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 18:27 · Gara until 06:31 Sun · Vanija until 18:27 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:55The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:15Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:59Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna 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.

  • shashthiSaturday 20 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiThursday 25 FebruaryBreak the fast on Friday between 06:50 and 08:55.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.