Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 7 January 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:40. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 13:45.00061218Moonset 08:23Moonrise 19:46

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 7 January 2015

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 13:41, then Tritiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 7 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 13:45. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:23
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:51
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:27
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 13:45
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:40
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:46

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waning MoonDwitiya until 13:41 · Tritiya until 15:57 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:46, then Ashlesha until 16:29 Thu
  • YogaVishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:12, then Priti until 21:53 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:41 · Vanija until 02:46 Thu · Vishti until 15:57 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:40Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:23Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise19:46Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaMaghaLunar 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

  • Shattila EkadashiFriday 16 JanuaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 13:35 and 17:47.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.