Day dial for New Delhi, Sunday 3 May 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:39, sunset 18:57. Abhijit 11:52 to 12:45. Yamaganda 12:18 to 13:58. Gulika Kalam 15:38 to 17:18. Rahu Kalam 17:18 to 18:57.00061218Moonrise 18:19

Panchanga · New Delhi · Sunday 3 May 2015

Sunday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 07:59, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 3 May

Rahu Kalam runs 17:18 to 18:57. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:39 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:39
  2. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:52 to 12:45
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.12:18 to 13:58
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.15:38 to 17:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.17:18 to 18:57
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:19
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:57

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraRavivaraSunday, the day of the Sun (Su)From sunrise at 05:39 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 07:59 · Purnima until 09:12 Mon
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:44, then Swati until 10:32 Mon
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:46, then Vyatipata until 23:28 Mon
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 07:59 · Vishti until 20:40 · Bava until 09:12 Mon

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:39The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:57Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 18 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:19Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastSunday 3 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiThursday 14 MayBreak the fast on Friday between 05:31 and 08:13.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.