Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 8 April 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:04, sunset 18:43. Yamaganda 09:14 to 10:48. Abhijit 11:58 to 12:49. Gulika Kalam 12:23 to 13:58. Rahu Kalam 15:33 to 17:08.00061218Moonset 02:09Moonrise 12:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 8 April 2014

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 05:38 Wed, then Dashami.

Observed today Rama Navami

Times forNew Delhi · 8 April

Rahu Kalam runs 15:33 to 17:08. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:04 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:04
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:14 to 10:48
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:58 to 12:49
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:23 to 13:58
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:40
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:33 to 17:08
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:43
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:09 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:04 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 05:38 Wed · Dashami until 07:58 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:04, then Pushya until 13:00 Wed
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:52, then Dhriti until 21:43 Wed
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 16:25 · Kaulava until 05:38 Wed · Taitila until 18:49 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:04The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:43Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 39 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:09Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:40Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraJayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Rama NavamiTuesday 8 April

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiFriday 11 AprilBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:00 and 08:32.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.