Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 June 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:23, sunset 19:18. Yamaganda 07:07 to 08:52. Gulika Kalam 10:36 to 12:20. Rahu Kalam 12:20 to 14:05.00061218Moonset 22:14Moonrise 08:33

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 June 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 23:35, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 8 June

Rahu Kalam runs 12:20 to 14:05. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:23 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:23
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:07 to 08:52
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:33
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:36 to 12:20
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:20 to 14:05
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:18
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:14

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:23 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 23:35 · Panchami until 23:10 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:45, then Pushya until 07:30 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:14, then Dhruva until 05:23 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 12:07 · Vishti until 23:35 · Bava until 11:16 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:23The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:18Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 55 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:33Upper 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
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonJyeshtha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 8 June

Next Ekadashi

  • Nirjala EkadashiThursday 16 JuneBreak the fast on Friday between 05:24 and 08:10.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.