Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 25 December 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:11, sunset 17:31. Yamaganda 07:11 to 08:29. Gulika Kalam 09:46 to 11:04. Abhijit 12:00 to 12:42. Rahu Kalam 13:39 to 14:56.00061218Moonset 21:16Moonrise 09:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 25 December 2014

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 19:56, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 25 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:39 to 14:56. 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.07:11 to 08:29
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:41
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:46 to 11:04
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:00 to 12:42
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:39 to 14:56
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:31
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.21:16

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 19:56 · Panchami until 17:16 Fri
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:51, then Dhanishtha until 10:50 Fri
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:59, then Vajra until 15:34 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 09:20 · Vishti until 19:56 · Bava until 06:34 Fri · Balava until 17:16 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:11The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:31Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset21:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:41Upper 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.

  • chaturthiThursday 25 December

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.