Day dial for New Delhi, Sunday 17 May 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:30, sunset 19:06. Abhijit 11:50 to 12:45. Yamaganda 12:18 to 14:00. Gulika Kalam 15:42 to 17:24. Rahu Kalam 17:24 to 19:06.00061218Moonset 18:17

Panchanga · New Delhi · Sunday 17 May 2015

Sunday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 12:00, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 17 May

Rahu Kalam runs 17:24 to 19:06. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:30
  2. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:50 to 12:45
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.12:18 to 14:00
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.15:42 to 17:24
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.17:24 to 19:06
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:17
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:06

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraRavivaraSunday, the day of the Sun (Su)From sunrise at 05:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 12:00 · Amavasya until 09:43 Mon
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:14, then Krittika until 21:55 Mon
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:09, then Shobhana until 11:14 Mon
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 12:00 · Chatushpada until 22:49 · Naga until 09:43 Mon

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:06Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 36 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:17Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar 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.

  • Darsha AmavasyaSunday 17 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Nirjala EkadashiFriday 29 MayBreak the fast on Saturday between 05:25 and 08:10.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.