Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 1 January 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:35. Yamaganda 07:14 to 08:31. Gulika Kalam 09:49 to 11:07. Abhijit 12:04 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:42 to 15:00.00061218Moonset 04:21Moonrise 14:39

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 1 January 2015

Thursday is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 08:41, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 08:33.

Observed today Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Times forNew Delhi · 1 January

Rahu Kalam runs 13:42 to 15:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:14 to 08:31
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:49 to 11:07
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:04 to 12:45
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:42 to 15:00
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:39
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:35
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:21 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 08:41 · Dwadashi until 08:33 Fri
  • NakshatraKrittika, then RohiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:08 Fri, then Rohini until 06:54 Sat
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:31, then Shubha until 22:23 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 08:41 · Bava until 20:34 · Balava until 08:33 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:35Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 22 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:21Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise14:39Upper 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.

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiThursday 1 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 08:33.
  • Vaikuntha EkadashiThursday 1 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiFriday 16 JanuaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 13:35 and 17:47.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.