Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 9 January 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:42. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:52. Gulika Kalam 11:10 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:47.00061218Moonset 15:14Moonrise 05:27

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 9 January 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 11:20, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 9 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:47. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:52
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:10 to 12:28
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:47
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:14
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:42
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:27 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 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 11:20 · Trayodashi until 08:01 Thu
  • NakshatraAnuradha, Jyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:25, then Jyeshtha until 04:52 Thu, then Mula until 02:12 Fri
  • YogaGanda, Vriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:03, then Vriddhi until 06:07 Thu, then Dhruva until 02:05 Fri
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 11:20 · Gara until 21:42 · Vanija until 08:01 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:42Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:27Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar 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.

  • PradoshWednesday 9 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiTuesday 22 JanuaryBreak the fast on Wednesday between 08:48 and 09:21.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.