Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 1 May 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:41, sunset 18:56. Yamaganda 07:20 to 08:59. Gulika Kalam 10:39 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 10:49Moonrise 00:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 1 May 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 07:48, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 1 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:41 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:41
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:20 to 08:59
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:39 to 12:18
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:49
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:56
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:30 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:41 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then Saptami, then AshtamiThe sixth, seventh and eighth lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 07:48 · Saptami until 05:39 Thu · Ashtami until 03:57 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:43 Thu, then Shravana until 01:43 Fri
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:55, then Shubha until 17:17 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 07:48 · Vishti until 18:40 · Bava until 05:39 Thu · Balava until 16:44 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:41The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:56Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 16 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:49Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:30Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVijayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 1 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Varuthini EkadashiSunday 5 MayBreak the fast on Monday between 07:58 and 08:17.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.