Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 4 May 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:38, sunset 18:58. Yamaganda 07:18 to 08:58. Gulika Kalam 10:38 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 16:18Moonrise 04:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 4 May 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 11:56, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 4 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:38 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:38
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:18 to 08:58
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:38 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:58
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:18
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:58
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:30 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 05:38 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 11:56 · Trayodashi until 08:29 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:01, then Revati until 13:18 Thu
  • YogaVishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:36 Thu, then Priti until 21:30 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 11:56 · Gara until 22:15 · Vanija until 08:29 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:38The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:58Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:18Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:30Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar 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.

  • PradoshWednesday 4 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiTuesday 17 MayBreak the fast on Wednesday between 05:29 and 08:12.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.