Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 23 June 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:24, sunset 19:22. Gulika Kalam 05:24 to 07:09. Rahu Kalam 08:54 to 10:39. Abhijit 11:55 to 12:51. Yamaganda 14:08 to 15:53.00061218Moonset 21:55Moonrise 08:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 23 June 2012

Saturday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 00:06 Sun, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 23 June

Rahu Kalam runs 08:54 to 10:39. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:24
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.05:24 to 07:09
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:41
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:54 to 10:39
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:55 to 12:51
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:08 to 15:53
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:22
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.21:55

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 00:06 Sun · Panchami until 23:48 Sun
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:30, then Ashlesha until 06:17 Sun
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:27 Sun, then Vajra until 01:12 Mon
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 12:03 · Vishti until 00:06 Sun · Bava until 12:00 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:22Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset21:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:41Upper 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
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNandanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiSaturday 23 June

Next Ekadashi

  • Devshayani EkadashiSaturday 30 JuneBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:27 and 08:14.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.