Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 12 April 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:00, sunset 18:45. Yamaganda 09:11 to 10:47. Abhijit 11:57 to 12:48. Gulika Kalam 12:22 to 13:58. Rahu Kalam 15:34 to 17:09.00061218Moonset 02:15Moonrise 12:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 12 April 2011

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 03:39 Wed, then Dashami.

Observed today Rama Navami

Times forNew Delhi · 12 April

Rahu Kalam runs 15:34 to 17:09. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:00
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:11 to 10:47
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:57 to 12:48
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:22 to 13:58
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:38
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:34 to 17:09
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:45
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:15 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 03:39 Wed · Dashami until 01:28 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:42 Wed, then Ashlesha until 02:15 Thu
  • YogaSukarma, Dhriti, then ShulaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:15, then Dhriti until 05:52 Wed, then Shula until 02:56 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 16:28 · Kaulava until 03:39 Wed · Taitila until 14:38 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:45Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 45 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:38Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKharaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Rama NavamiTuesday 12 April

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiThursday 14 AprilBreak the fast on Friday between 05:57 and 08:30.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.