Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 22 May 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:27, sunset 19:09. Yamaganda 07:10 to 08:52. Gulika Kalam 10:35 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 03:41Moonrise 16:11

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 22 May 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 19:04, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 22 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:27 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:27
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:10 to 08:52
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:35 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:01
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:11
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:09
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.03:41 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:27 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 19:04 · Trayodashi until 16:28 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:37 Thu, then Swati until 01:35 Fri
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:51, then Vyatipata until 06:52 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 08:08 · Balava until 19:04 · Kaulava until 05:50 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:27The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:09Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 42 min of daylight
  • Moonset03:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise16:11Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha 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.

  • PradoshWednesday 22 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiTuesday 4 JuneBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:24 and 08:09.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.