Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 16 November 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:44, sunset 17:27. Gulika Kalam 06:44 to 08:05. Rahu Kalam 09:25 to 10:45. Abhijit 11:44 to 12:27. Yamaganda 13:26 to 14:46.00061218Moonset 06:15Moonrise 16:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 16 November 2013

Saturday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 19:43, then Purnima.

Observed today Vrishchika sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 November

Rahu Kalam runs 09:25 to 10:45. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:44 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:44
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:44 to 08:05
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:25 to 10:45
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:44 to 12:27
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:26 to 14:46
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:40
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:27
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:15 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:44 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 19:43 · Purnima until 20:46 Sun
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:14, then Bharani until 11:40 Sun
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:12, then Variyan until 15:49 Sun
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 07:21 · Vanija until 19:43 · Vishti until 08:11 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:44The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:27Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 43 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise16:40Upper 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
  • MasaKartikaLunar month, counted to the full moonKartika when counted to the new moon
  • RituSharadAutumn, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVijayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Vrishchika sankrantiSaturday 16 November

Next Ekadashi

  • Utpanna EkadashiFriday 29 NovemberBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:56 and 09:01.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.