Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 12 July 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:31, sunset 19:22. Yamaganda 08:59 to 10:43. Abhijit 11:59 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:27 to 14:10. Rahu Kalam 15:54 to 17:38.00061218Moonset 03:24Moonrise 16:50

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 12 July 2011

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 15:05, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 12 July

Rahu Kalam runs 15:54 to 17:38. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:31 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:31
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:59 to 10:43
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:59 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:27 to 14:10
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:54 to 17:38
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:50
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:22
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.03:24 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:31 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 15:05 · Trayodashi until 13:45 Wed
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:48, then Jyeshtha until 09:09 Wed
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:37, then Brahma until 20:35 Wed
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 15:05 · Kaulava until 02:22 Wed · Taitila until 13:45 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:31The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:22Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 50 min of daylight
  • Moonset03:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise16:50Upper 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
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKharaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshTuesday 12 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamika EkadashiTuesday 26 JulyBreak the fast on Wednesday between 13:50 and 19:15.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.