Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 17 January 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:48. Yamaganda 07:15 to 08:34. Gulika Kalam 09:53 to 11:12. Abhijit 12:10 to 12:52. Rahu Kalam 13:51 to 15:10.00061218Moonset 23:36Moonrise 10:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 17 January 2013

Thursday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 15:18, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 17 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:51 to 15:10. 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.07:15 to 08:34
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:53 to 11:12
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:41
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:10 to 12:52
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:51 to 15:10
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:48
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:36

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 15:18 · Saptami until 16:24 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:41, then Revati until 19:23 Fri
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 05:09 Fri, then Siddha until 05:11 Sat
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 15:18 · Gara until 03:45 Fri · Vanija until 16:24 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:48Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 33 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:36Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:41Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

  • shashthiThursday 17 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.