Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 23 August 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:55, sunset 18:52. Yamaganda 09:09 to 10:46. Abhijit 11:58 to 12:49. Gulika Kalam 12:23 to 14:01. Rahu Kalam 15:38 to 17:15.00061218Moonset 10:49Moonrise 22:31

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 23 August 2016

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 00:39 Wed, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 23 August

Rahu Kalam runs 15:38 to 17:15. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:55 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:55
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:09 to 10:46
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:49
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:58 to 12:49
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:23 to 14:01
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:38 to 17:15
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:52
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:31

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 05:55 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 00:39 Wed · Saptami until 22:17 Wed
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:13, then Bharani until 13:34 Wed
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:46 Wed, then Dhruva until 22:47 Wed
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:53 · Vanija until 00:39 Wed · Vishti until 11:27 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:55The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:52Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:49Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:31Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiTuesday 23 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Aja EkadashiSunday 28 AugustBreak the fast on Monday between 05:58 and 08:31.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.