Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 February 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:05, sunset 18:05. Yamaganda 08:28 to 09:50. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 13:58.00061218Moonrise 18:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 February 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 01:31 Thu, then Dwitiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 8 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 13:58. 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.08:28 to 09:50
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:35
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 13:58
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.18:05
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:44

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waning MoonPratipada until 01:31 Thu · Dwitiya until 23:18 Thu
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:52, then Magha until 11:30 Thu
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:22, then Shobhana until 07:32 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 14:31 · Kaulava until 01:31 Thu · Taitila until 12:27 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:05Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 0 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:44Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKharaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiFriday 17 FebruaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 13:43 and 18:12.
  • Vijaya Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Saturday 18 FebruaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Sunday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.