Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 July 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:36, sunset 19:19. Yamaganda 07:19 to 09:02. Gulika Kalam 10:45 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 14:10.00061218Moonset 02:01Moonrise 15:35

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 July 2010

Wednesday is Devshayani Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 01:47 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 07:58 and 08:21.

Times forNew Delhi · 21 July

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 14:10. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:36
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:19 to 09:02
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:45 to 12:27
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 14:10
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:35
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:19
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:01 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 01:47 Thu · Dwadashi until 02:29 Fri
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:15 Thu, then Jyeshtha until 02:36 Fri
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:27, then Brahma until 21:58 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 13:38 · Vishti until 01:47 Thu · Bava until 14:04 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:19Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 42 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:01Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise15:35Upper 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.

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

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamika EkadashiFriday 6 AugustBreak the fast on Saturday between 05:46 and 08:26.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.