Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 20 August 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:53, sunset 18:56. Yamaganda 09:09 to 10:47. Abhijit 11:58 to 12:50. Gulika Kalam 12:24 to 14:02. Rahu Kalam 15:40 to 17:18.00061218Moonrise 18:12

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 20 August 2013

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 10:22, then Purnima.

Observed today Raksha Bandhan, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 20 August

Rahu Kalam runs 15:40 to 17:18. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:53
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:09 to 10:47
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:58 to 12:50
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:24 to 14:02
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:40 to 17:18
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:12
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:56

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 10:22 · Purnima until 07:15 Wed
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:40, then Dhanishtha until 11:24 Wed
  • YogaSaubhagya, Shobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:27, then Shobhana until 04:48 Wed, then Atiganda until 01:24 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 10:22 · Vishti until 20:46 · Bava until 07:15 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:53The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:56Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 3 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:12Upper 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.

  • Raksha BandhanTuesday 20 August
  • Purnima fastTuesday 20 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Aja EkadashiSunday 1 SeptemberBreak the fast on Monday between 06:00 and 08:32.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.