Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 4 January 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:38. Yamaganda 08:32 to 09:50. Gulika Kalam 11:08 to 12:26. Rahu Kalam 12:26 to 13:44.00061218Moonset 23:26Moonrise 11:15

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 4 January 2017

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 15:06, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 4 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:26 to 13:44. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:32 to 09:50
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:08 to 12:26
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:15
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:26 to 13:44
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:38
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:26

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 15:06 · Saptami until 14:01 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:15, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:45 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:53 Thu, then Parigha until 01:34 Fri
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 15:06 · Gara until 02:37 Thu · Vanija until 14:01 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:38Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 23 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:26Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:15Upper 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
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

  • shashthiWednesday 4 January

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.