Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 April 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:53, sunset 18:49. Yamaganda 07:30 to 09:07. Gulika Kalam 10:44 to 12:21. Rahu Kalam 12:21 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 16:23Moonrise 04:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 April 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 06:31, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 18 April

Rahu Kalam runs 12:21 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:53
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:30 to 09:07
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:44 to 12:21
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:21 to 13:58
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:23
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:49
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:25 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 06:31 · Trayodashi until 08:18 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:17, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:45 Thu
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:35, then Indra until 07:59 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 06:31 · Gara until 19:22 · Vanija until 08:18 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:53The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:49Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 56 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:23Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:25Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNandanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshWednesday 18 April

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiWednesday 2 MayBreak the fast on Thursday between 05:39 and 08:18.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.