Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 31 May 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:24, sunset 19:14. Yamaganda 08:51 to 10:35. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:47. Gulika Kalam 12:19 to 14:03. Rahu Kalam 15:46 to 17:30.00061218Moonset 17:59Moonrise 04:42

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 31 May 2011

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 01:39 Wed, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 31 May

Rahu Kalam runs 15:46 to 17:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:51 to 10:35
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:47
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:19 to 14:03
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:46 to 17:30
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:59
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:14
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:42 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 01:39 Wed · Amavasya until 02:33 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:23, then Krittika until 13:10 Wed
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:35 Wed, then Sukarma until 01:20 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 13:01 · Shakuni until 01:39 Wed · Chatushpada until 14:09 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:14Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 50 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:42Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday

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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriTuesday 31 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Nirjala EkadashiSunday 12 JuneBreak the fast on Monday between 05:23 and 08:10.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.