Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 April 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:05, sunset 18:42. Yamaganda 07:40 to 09:15. Gulika Kalam 10:49 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 17:34Moonrise 05:57

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 April 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 20:37, then Amavasya.

Times forNew Delhi · 6 April

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:05 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:05
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:40 to 09:15
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:49 to 12:24
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 13:58
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:34
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:42
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:57 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 20:37 · Amavasya until 16:54 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:08, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:20 Thu, then Revati until 02:21 Fri
  • YogaBrahma, then IndraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:08, then Indra until 14:57 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 10:23 · Shakuni until 20:37 · Chatushpada until 06:46 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:42Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 37 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:34Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:57Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, 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

  • Kamada EkadashiSunday 17 AprilBreak the fast on Monday between 07:40 and 08:27.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.