Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 19 January 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:49. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 13:51.00061218Moonrise 17:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 19 January 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 02:51 Thu, then Pratipada.

Observed today Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 19 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 13:51. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:34 to 09:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:32
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 13:51
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:24
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:49

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 02:51 Thu · Pratipada until 00:01 Fri
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:23, then Pushya until 21:18 Thu
  • YogaVaidhriti, Vishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:57, then Vishkambha until 06:40 Thu, then Priti until 03:05 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 16:08 · Bava until 02:51 Thu · Balava until 13:29 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:49Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 35 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:24Upper 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.

  • Full moonWednesday 19 January
  • Purnima fastWednesday 19 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiSaturday 29 JanuaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 13:40 and 17:58.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.