Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 28 December 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:33. Yamaganda 08:30 to 09:48. Gulika Kalam 11:05 to 12:23. Rahu Kalam 12:23 to 13:40.00061218Moonset 17:01Moonrise 06:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 28 December 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 10:37, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 28 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:23 to 13:40. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:30 to 09:48
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:05 to 12:23
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:23 to 13:40
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:33
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:55 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 10:37 · Amavasya until 12:23 Thu
  • NakshatraJyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:01, then Mula until 11:17 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:07, then Vriddhi until 10:21 Thu
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 10:37 · Chatushpada until 23:33 · Naga until 12:23 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:33Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:01Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:55Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Darsha AmavasyaWednesday 28 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 8 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 13:32 and 17:41.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 9 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.