Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 August 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:50, sunset 19:01. Yamaganda 07:29 to 09:08. Gulika Kalam 10:47 to 12:26. Rahu Kalam 12:26 to 14:05.00061218Moonset 23:42Moonrise 12:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 August 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 03:36 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 14 August

Rahu Kalam runs 12:26 to 14:05. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:50 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:50
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:29 to 09:08
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:47 to 12:26
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:26 to 14:05
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:38
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:01
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:42

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:50 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 03:36 Thu · Navami until 01:32 Fri
  • NakshatraVishakha, then AnuradhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:04 Thu, then Anuradha until 00:49 Fri
  • YogaShukla, Brahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:23, then Brahma until 05:02 Thu, then Indra until 02:18 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 16:26 · Bava until 03:36 Thu · Balava until 14:38 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:50The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:01Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 12 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:42Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise12:38Upper 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
  • MasaShravanaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVijayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 14 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Shravana Putrada EkadashiSaturday 17 AugustBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:52 and 08:29.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.