Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 30 June 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:26, sunset 19:23. Yamaganda 07:11 to 08:56. Gulika Kalam 10:40 to 12:25. Rahu Kalam 12:25 to 14:09.00061218Moonset 08:44Moonrise 21:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 30 June 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 00:20 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 30 June

Rahu Kalam runs 12:25 to 14:09. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:11 to 08:56
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:44
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:40 to 12:25
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:25 to 14:09
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:23
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.21:55

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 00:20 Thu · Panchami until 02:46 Fri
  • NakshatraDhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:02 Thu
  • YogaVishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:06, then Priti until 17:05 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 11:09 · Balava until 00:20 Thu · Kaulava until 13:33 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:23Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 57 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise21:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonJyeshtha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 30 June
  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 30 June

Next Ekadashi

  • Yogini EkadashiThursday 8 JulyBreak the fast on Friday between 05:31 and 08:16.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.