Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 13 January 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:44. Yamaganda 09:52 to 11:11. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:51. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 13:48. Rahu Kalam 15:07 to 16:26.00061218Moonset 11:53Moonrise 00:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 13 January 2015

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 04:06 Wed, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 13 January

Rahu Kalam runs 15:07 to 16:26. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:52 to 11:11
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:53
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:51
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 13:48
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:07 to 16:26
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:44
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:56 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 04:06 Wed · Navami until 05:10 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:40 Wed, then Swati until 08:09 Thu
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:39 Wed, then Dhriti until 01:23 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 15:16 · Kaulava until 04:06 Wed · Taitila until 16:44 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:44Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:53Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:56Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday

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.

  • ashtamiTuesday 13 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.