Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 19 June 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:24, sunset 19:21. Yamaganda 07:08 to 08:53. Gulika Kalam 10:38 to 12:23. Rahu Kalam 12:23 to 14:07.00061218Moonset 02:17Moonrise 14:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 19 June 2013

Wednesday is Nirjala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Dashami until 08:44, then Ekadashi. Break the fast on Friday 21 Jun after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 19 June

Rahu Kalam runs 12:23 to 14:07. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:08 to 08:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:38 to 12:23
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:23 to 14:07
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:56
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:21
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:17 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waxing MoonDashami until 08:44 · Ekadashi until 06:36 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:22, then Swati until 11:53 Thu
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:23, then Shiva until 14:24 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 08:44 · Vanija until 19:45 · Vishti until 06:36 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:21Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:17Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:56Upper 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
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonJyeshtha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVijayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Nirjala EkadashiWednesday 19 JuneBreak the fast on Friday 21 Jun after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Yogini EkadashiWednesday 3 JulyBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:49 and 19:22.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.