Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 13 October 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 17:54. Yamaganda 07:47 to 09:14. Gulika Kalam 10:41 to 12:07. Rahu Kalam 12:07 to 13:34.00061218Moonset 22:27Moonrise 11:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 13 October 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 13:18, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 13 October

Rahu Kalam runs 12:07 to 13:34. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:47 to 09:14
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:41 to 12:07
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:56
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:07 to 13:34
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:54
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:27

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 13:18 · Saptami until 14:13 Thu
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:41, then Purva Ashadha until 01:29 Fri
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:28, then Atiganda until 18:12 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 13:18 · Gara until 01:40 Thu · Vanija until 14:13 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:54Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 34 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:27Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:56Upper 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
  • MasaAshvinaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshvina when counted to the new moon
  • RituSharadAutumn, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 13 October

Next Ekadashi

  • Papankusha EkadashiMonday 18 OctoberBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:25 and 08:40.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.