Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 November 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:46, sunset 17:27. Yamaganda 08:06 to 09:26. Gulika Kalam 10:46 to 12:06. Rahu Kalam 12:06 to 13:26.00061218Moonset 23:28Moonrise 12:01

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 November 2015

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 00:39 Thu, then Ashtami.

Times forNew Delhi · 18 November

Rahu Kalam runs 12:06 to 13:26. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:46 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:46
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:06 to 09:26
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:46 to 12:06
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:01
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:06 to 13:26
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:27
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:28

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:46 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then AshtamiThe seventh and eighth lunar days of the waxing MoonSaptami until 00:39 Thu · Ashtami until 23:09 Thu
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:54, then Dhanishtha until 19:09 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:21, then Dhruva until 19:58 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:15 · Vanija until 00:39 Thu · Vishti until 11:57 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:46The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:27Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 41 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:28Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise12:01Upper 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
  • MasaKartikaLunar month, counted to the full moonKartika when counted to the new moon
  • RituSharadAutumn, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe 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

  • Prabodhini EkadashiSunday 22 NovemberBreak the fast on Monday between 06:50 and 08:56.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.