Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 February 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:59, sunset 18:12. Yamaganda 08:23 to 09:47. Gulika Kalam 11:11 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 05:50Moonrise 16:08

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 February 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 20:40, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 16 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:59 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:59
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:23 to 09:47
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:11 to 12:35
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:08
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:12
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:50 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:59 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonTrayodashi until 20:40 · Chaturdashi until 17:35 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:20, then Pushya until 08:14 Thu
  • YogaAyushman, then SaubhagyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:48, then Saubhagya until 12:11 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 10:00 · Taitila until 20:40 · Gara until 07:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:59The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:12Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 13 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise16:08Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshWednesday 16 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiMonday 28 FebruaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:47 and 09:05.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.