Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 14 April 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:57, sunset 18:47. Yamaganda 05:57 to 07:33. Gulika Kalam 09:09 to 10:45. Abhijit 11:56 to 12:47. Rahu Kalam 13:58 to 15:34.00061218Moonset 01:41Moonrise 12:01

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 14 April 2016

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 21:29, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 14 April

Rahu Kalam runs 13:58 to 15:34. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:57 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:57
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.05:57 to 07:33
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:09 to 10:45
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:56 to 12:47
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:01
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:58 to 15:34
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:47
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:41 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 05:57 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 21:29 · Navami until 22:03 Fri
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:36, then Pushya until 15:36 Fri
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:17, then Dhriti until 12:27 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 09:29 · Bava until 21:29 · Balava until 09:41 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:57The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:47Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 50 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiThursday 14 April

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.