Day dial for New Delhi, Sunday 8 January 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:40. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:48. Yamaganda 12:28 to 13:46. Gulika Kalam 15:04 to 16:22. Rahu Kalam 16:22 to 17:40.00061218Moonset 06:59Moonrise 16:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Sunday 8 January 2012

Sunday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 12:47, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 8 January

Rahu Kalam runs 16:22 to 17:40. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:48
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.12:28 to 13:46
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.15:04 to 16:22
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.16:22 to 17:40
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:56
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:40
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:59 Mon

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraRavivaraSunday, the day of the Sun (Su)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 12:47 · Purnima until 13:00 Mon
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:53 Mon, then Punarvasu until 05:19 Tue
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:20, then Indra until 09:22 Mon
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 12:47 · Vishti until 00:58 Mon · Bava until 13:00 Mon

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:40Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityMonday
  • Moonrise16:56Upper 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.

  • Purnima fastSunday 8 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.