Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 29 December 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:34. Yamaganda 07:13 to 08:31. Gulika Kalam 09:48 to 11:06. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:44. Rahu Kalam 13:41 to 14:58.00061218Moonset 17:50

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 29 December 2016

Thursday in New Delhi.

Amavasya until 12:23, then Pratipada.

Observed today New moon

Times forNew Delhi · 29 December

Rahu Kalam runs 13:41 to 14:58. 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.07:13 to 08:31
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:48 to 11:06
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:44
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:41 to 14:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:34
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:50

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Amavasya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAmavasya, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waning Moon, then the first of the waxing MoonAmavasya until 12:23 · Pratipada until 13:49 Fri
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:17, then Purva Ashadha until 13:13 Fri
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:21, then Dhruva until 10:19 Fri
  • KaranaNaga, Kimstughna, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayNaga until 12:23 · Kimstughna until 01:09 Fri · Bava until 13:49 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:34Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

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.

  • New moonThursday 29 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.