Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 30 November 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:55, sunset 17:24. Yamaganda 08:14 to 09:32. Gulika Kalam 10:51 to 12:10. Rahu Kalam 12:10 to 13:28.00061218Moonset 22:38Moonrise 11:09

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 30 November 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 01:46 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 30 November

Rahu Kalam runs 12:10 to 13:28. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:55
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:14 to 09:32
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:51 to 12:10
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:09
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:10 to 13:28
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:38

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:55 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 01:46 Thu · Saptami until 02:39 Fri
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:18, then Dhanishtha until 21:35 Thu
  • YogaDhruva, then VyaghataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:55 Thu, then Vyaghata until 00:25 Fri
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 13:36 · Taitila until 01:46 Thu · Gara until 14:07 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:55The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:38Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:09Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKharaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 30 November

Next Ekadashi

  • Mokshada EkadashiTuesday 6 DecemberBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:01 and 09:05.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.