Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 26 January 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:55. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:34. Rahu Kalam 12:34 to 13:54.00061218Moonset 11:16Moonrise 01:07

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 26 January 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 07:19, then Ashtami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 26 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:34 to 13:54. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:34
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:16
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:34 to 13:54
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:55
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.01:07 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then Ashtami, then NavamiThe seventh, eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonSaptami until 07:19 · Ashtami until 05:43 Thu · Navami until 04:38 Fri
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:56, then Swati until 08:02 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:32 Thu, then Ganda until 01:24 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 07:19 · Balava until 18:27 · Kaulava until 05:43 Thu · Taitila until 17:07 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:55Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 43 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise01:07Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaMaghaLunar 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 26 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiSaturday 29 JanuaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 13:40 and 17:58.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.