Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 21 May 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:28, sunset 19:08. Gulika Kalam 05:28 to 07:10. Rahu Kalam 08:53 to 10:35. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:45. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:43.00061218Moonset 08:55Moonrise 22:54

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 21 May 2011

Saturday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 09:28, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 May

Rahu Kalam runs 08:53 to 10:35. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:28 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:28
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.05:28 to 07:10
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:53 to 10:35
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:55
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:45
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:43
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:08
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:54

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 05:28 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 09:28 · Panchami until 09:25 Sun
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:47, then Uttara Ashadha until 15:35 Sun
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:40, then Shukla until 20:55 Sun
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 09:28 · Kaulava until 21:21 · Taitila until 09:25 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:28The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:08Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 41 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:54Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha 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.

  • chaturthiSaturday 21 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiSaturday 28 MayBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:25 and 08:10.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.