Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 2 May 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:40, sunset 18:57. Yamaganda 05:40 to 07:19. Gulika Kalam 08:59 to 10:39. Abhijit 11:52 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:58 to 15:38.00061218Moonset 11:52Moonrise 01:14

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 2 May 2013

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 03:57 Fri, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 2 May

Rahu Kalam runs 13:58 to 15:38. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:40 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:40
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.05:40 to 07:19
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:59 to 10:39
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:52 to 12:45
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:52
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:58 to 15:38
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:57
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.01:14 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 05:40 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 03:57 Fri · Navami until 02:45 Sat
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:43 Fri, then Dhanishtha until 01:11 Sat
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:17, then Shukla until 15:02 Fri
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 16:44 · Kaulava until 03:57 Fri · Taitila until 15:17 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:40The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:57Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 17 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:52Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise01:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

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.

  • ashtamiThursday 2 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.