Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 October 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:24, sunset 17:49. Yamaganda 07:49 to 09:15. Gulika Kalam 10:41 to 12:06. Rahu Kalam 12:06 to 13:32.00061218Moonset 17:13Moonrise 05:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 October 2017

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 00:13 Thu, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 18 October

Rahu Kalam runs 12:06 to 13:32. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:49 to 09:15
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:41 to 12:06
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:06 to 13:32
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:13
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:49
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:44 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 06:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 00:13 Thu · Amavasya until 00:42 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Phalguni, then HastaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:38, then Hasta until 07:26 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:49, then Vaidhriti until 15:59 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 12:08 · Shakuni until 00:13 Thu · Chatushpada until 12:24 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:49Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:13Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:44Upper 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
  • MasaKartikaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshvina when counted to the new moon
  • RituSharadAutumn, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraHevilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 18 October

Next Ekadashi

  • Prabodhini EkadashiTuesday 31 OctoberBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:34 and 08:45.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.