Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 3 May 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:39, sunset 18:58. Yamaganda 07:19 to 08:59. Gulika Kalam 10:38 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 01:41Moonrise 12:11

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 3 May 2017

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 19:52, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 3 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:39 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:39
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:19 to 08:59
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:38 to 12:18
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:11
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:58
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:58
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:41 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:39 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 19:52 · Navami until 19:30 Thu
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:29 Thu, then Magha until 05:02 Fri
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:56, then Vriddhi until 16:32 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 08:17 · Bava until 19:52 · Balava until 07:36 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:39The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:58Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise12:11Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraHevilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 3 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiSaturday 6 MayBreak the fast on Sunday between 05:36 and 08:16.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.