Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 26 May 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:26, sunset 19:11. Yamaganda 08:52 to 10:35. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:46. Gulika Kalam 12:18 to 14:01. Rahu Kalam 15:45 to 17:28.00061218Moonset 01:22Moonrise 12:42

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 26 May 2015

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 12:02, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 26 May

Rahu Kalam runs 15:45 to 17:28. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:52 to 10:35
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:46
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:18 to 14:01
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:42
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:45 to 17:28
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:11
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:22 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 12:02 · Navami until 14:35 Wed
  • NakshatraPurva PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:24 Wed
  • YogaHarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 05:39 Wed
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 12:02 · Balava until 01:18 Wed · Kaulava until 14:35 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:11Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 45 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:22Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:42Upper 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
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonJyeshtha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiTuesday 26 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.