Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 May 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:35, sunset 19:01. Yamaganda 07:16 to 08:56. Gulika Kalam 10:37 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 17:38Moonrise 04:58

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 May 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 04:18 Thu, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 8 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:35
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:16 to 08:56
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:37 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:59
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:38
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:01
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:58 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 04:18 Thu · Amavasya until 05:58 Fri
  • NakshatraAshwiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:02 Thu
  • YogaPriti, then AyushmanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:52, then Ayushman until 09:57 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:36 · Shakuni until 04:18 Thu · Chatushpada until 17:05 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:01Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:38Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:58Upper 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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 8 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiTuesday 21 MayBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:27 and 08:11.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.