Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 24 December 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:11, sunset 17:30. Yamaganda 08:28 to 09:46. Gulika Kalam 11:03 to 12:21. Rahu Kalam 12:21 to 13:38.00061218Moonset 20:11Moonrise 08:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 24 December 2014

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 22:47, then Chaturthi.

Times forNew Delhi · 24 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:21 to 13:38. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:11
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:28 to 09:46
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:52
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:03 to 12:21
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:21 to 13:38
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:11

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Tritiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waxing MoonTritiya until 22:47 · Chaturthi until 19:56 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:01, then Shravana until 12:51 Thu
  • YogaVyaghata, then HarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:32, then Harshana until 18:59 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 12:14 · Gara until 22:47 · Vanija until 09:20 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:11The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:30Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:11Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:52Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraJayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiThursday 1 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 08:33.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.