Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 August 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:54, sunset 18:55. Yamaganda 07:31 to 09:09. Gulika Kalam 10:46 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 14:02.00061218Moonset 05:57Moonrise 18:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 August 2013

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 07:15, then Pratipada.

Observed today Full moon

Times forNew Delhi · 21 August

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 14:02. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:54 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:54
  2. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:57
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:31 to 09:09
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:46 to 12:24
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 14:02
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:55
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:55

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:54 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then Pratipada, then DwitiyaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first and second of the waning MoonPurnima until 07:15 · Pratipada until 04:28 Thu · Dwitiya until 02:13 Fri
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:24, then Shatabhisha until 09:31 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:24 Thu, then Sukarma until 22:25 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 07:15 · Balava until 17:48 · Kaulava until 04:28 Thu · Taitila until 15:16 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:54The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:55Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 1 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:57Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise18:55Upper 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.

  • Full moonWednesday 21 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Aja EkadashiSunday 1 SeptemberBreak the fast on Monday between 06:00 and 08:32.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.