Day dial for New Delhi, Friday 6 January 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:39. Gulika Kalam 08:33 to 09:51. Rahu Kalam 11:09 to 12:27. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:48. Yamaganda 15:03 to 16:21.00061218Moonset 05:21Moonrise 15:08

Panchanga · New Delhi · Friday 6 January 2012

Friday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 10:33, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 6 January

Rahu Kalam runs 11:09 to 12:27. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:33 to 09:51
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.11:09 to 12:27
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:48
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.15:03 to 16:21
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:08
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:39
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:21 Sat

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShukravaraFriday, the day of Venus (Ve)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 10:33 · Trayodashi until 11:58 Sat
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:21 Sat, then Mrigashira until 03:54 Sun
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:54, then Shukla until 10:50 Sat
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 10:33 · Kaulava until 23:20 · Taitila until 11:58 Sat

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:39Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:21Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySaturday
  • Moonrise15:08Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

  • PradoshFriday 6 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiThursday 19 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 09:21.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.