Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 December 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:05, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:23 to 09:40. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:16. Rahu Kalam 12:16 to 13:33.00061218Moonset 09:45Moonrise 21:03

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 December 2011

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 22:12, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 14 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:16 to 13:33. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:05
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:23 to 09:40
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:45
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:16
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:16 to 13:33
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.21:03

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 22:12 · Panchami until 21:36 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:52, then Ashlesha until 22:52 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:40 Thu, then Vaidhriti until 23:56 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:20 · Balava until 22:12 · Kaulava until 09:57 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:26Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset09:45Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise21:03Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar 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.

  • chaturthiWednesday 14 December
  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 14 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 21 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:10 and 07:25.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.