Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 January 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:39. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 13:45.00061218Moonset 14:44Moonrise 04:26

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 January 2016

Wednesday is Saphala Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi all day. Break the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 07:54.

Times forNew Delhi · 6 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 13:45. 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.08:33 to 09:51
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:27
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 13:45
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.14:44
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:39
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:26 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashiThe twelfth lunar day of the waning MoonDwadashi until 07:55 Thu
  • NakshatraVishakha, then AnuradhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:26, then Anuradha until 08:57 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:23, then Ganda until 16:47 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 19:30 · Taitila until 07:55 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:39Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset14:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:26Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Saphala Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 6 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 07:54.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 20 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.