Day dial for New Delhi, Sunday 18 July 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:35, sunset 19:20. Abhijit 12:00 to 12:55. Yamaganda 12:27 to 14:10. Gulika Kalam 15:54 to 17:37. Rahu Kalam 17:37 to 19:20.00061218Moonset 23:44Moonrise 12:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Sunday 18 July 2010

Sunday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 02:58 Mon, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 18 July

Rahu Kalam runs 17:37 to 19:20. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:35
  2. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:00 to 12:55
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.12:27 to 14:10
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:30
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.15:54 to 17:37
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.17:37 to 19:20
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:20
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:44

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraRavivaraSunday, the day of the Sun (Su)From sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 02:58 Mon · Navami until 02:00 Tue
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:23 Mon, then Swati until 00:06 Tue
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:31 Mon, then Sadhya until 00:42 Tue
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:41 · Bava until 02:58 Mon · Balava until 14:25 Mon

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:20Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 45 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise12:30Upper 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
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha 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.

  • ashtamiSunday 18 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Devshayani EkadashiWednesday 21 JulyBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:58 and 08:21.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.