Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 January 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:41. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:10 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:46.00061218Moonset 01:08Moonrise 12:01

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 January 2014

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 21:11, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 8 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:46. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:51
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:10 to 12:28
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:01
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:46
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:41
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:08 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 21:11 · Navami until 21:48 Thu
  • NakshatraRevati, then AshwiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:46, then Ashwini until 21:55 Thu
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:01 Thu, then Siddha until 00:23 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 09:09 · Bava until 21:11 · Balava until 09:24 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:41Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:08Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise12:01Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVijayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 8 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSaturday 11 JanuaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 07:23 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.