Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 25 December 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:31. Yamaganda 09:46 to 11:04. Abhijit 12:01 to 12:42. Gulika Kalam 12:21 to 13:39. Rahu Kalam 14:56 to 16:14.00061218Moonset 05:15Moonrise 15:16

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 25 December 2012

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 08:03, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 25 December

Rahu Kalam runs 14:56 to 16:14. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:46 to 11:04
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:01 to 12:42
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:21 to 13:39
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:56 to 16:14
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:16
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:31
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:15 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 08:03 · Trayodashi until 10:48 Wed
  • NakshatraKrittika, then RohiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:58, then Rohini until 00:05 Thu
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:49 Wed, then Shubha until 03:46 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 08:03 · Kaulava until 21:26 · Taitila until 10:48 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:31Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise15:16Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNandanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshTuesday 25 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiTuesday 8 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:16 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.