Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 22 February 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:54, sunset 18:16. Yamaganda 08:19 to 09:44. Gulika Kalam 11:10 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 18:47

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 22 February 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 04:45 Thu, then Dwitiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 22 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:54 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:54
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:19 to 09:44
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:10 to 12:35
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 14:00
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.18:16
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:47

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:54 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waxing MoonPratipada until 04:45 Thu · Dwitiya until 05:57 Fri
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:30 Thu, then Purva Bhadrapada until 03:10 Fri
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:23, then Siddha until 20:02 Thu
  • KaranaKimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 16:21 · Bava until 04:45 Thu · Balava until 17:17 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:54The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:16Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 22 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:47Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna 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

  • Amalaki EkadashiSunday 4 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:42 and 09:02.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.