Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 12 January 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:44. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:52. Gulika Kalam 11:11 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 13:48.00061218Moonset 00:54Moonrise 11:32

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 12 January 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 06:04 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 12 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:29 to 13:48. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:34 to 09:52
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:11 to 12:29
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:32
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 13:48
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:44
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:54 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 06:04 Thu · Navami until 07:45 Fri
  • NakshatraRevati, then AshwiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:14, then Ashwini until 23:34 Thu
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:39, then Siddha until 19:01 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 17:01 · Bava until 06:04 Thu · Balava until 18:59 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:44Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 28 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:54Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:32Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 12 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 16 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 07:15 and 08:29.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.