Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 21 July 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:36, sunset 19:19. Yamaganda 05:36 to 07:19. Gulika Kalam 09:02 to 10:45. Abhijit 12:00 to 12:55. Rahu Kalam 14:10 to 15:53.00061218Moonset 10:58Moonrise 22:42

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 21 July 2011

Thursday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 18:59, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 July

Rahu Kalam runs 14:10 to 15:53. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:36
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.05:36 to 07:19
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:02 to 10:45
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:58
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:00 to 12:55
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:10 to 15:53
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:19
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:42

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 05:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 18:59 · Saptami until 21:22 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:27, then Revati until 22:24 Fri
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:21, then Sukarma until 18:18 Fri
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 05:50 · Vanija until 18:59 · Vishti until 08:10 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:19Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 43 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:58Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:42Upper 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
  • MasaShravanaLunar 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.

  • shashthiThursday 21 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.