Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 16 July 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:34, sunset 19:20. Gulika Kalam 05:34 to 07:17. Rahu Kalam 09:01 to 10:44. Abhijit 12:00 to 12:55. Yamaganda 14:10 to 15:54.00061218Moonset 03:12Moonrise 16:11

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 16 July 2016

Saturday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 03:32 Sun, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Karka sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 July

Rahu Kalam runs 09:01 to 10:44. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:34 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:34
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.05:34 to 07:17
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:01 to 10:44
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:00 to 12:55
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:10 to 15:54
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:11
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:20
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.03:12 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 05:34 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 03:32 Sun · Trayodashi until 04:23 Mon
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:56, then Jyeshtha until 13:46 Sun
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:51, then Brahma until 17:45 Sun
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 14:54 · Balava until 03:32 Sun · Kaulava until 16:02 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:34The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:20Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 46 min of daylight
  • Moonset03:12Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise16:11Upper 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
  • MasaAshadhaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha 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.

  • Karka sankrantiSaturday 16 July

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamika EkadashiSaturday 30 JulyBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:43 and 06:30.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.