Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 December 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:00, sunset 17:24. Yamaganda 08:18 to 09:36. Gulika Kalam 10:54 to 12:12. Rahu Kalam 12:12 to 13:30.00061218Moonset 09:29Moonrise 20:29

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 December 2017

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 10:19, then Chaturthi.

Observed today Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 6 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:12 to 13:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:00
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:18 to 09:36
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:29
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:54 to 12:12
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:12 to 13:30
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.20:29

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Tritiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waning MoonTritiya until 10:19 · Chaturthi until 07:16 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:56, then Pushya until 19:54 Thu
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:55, then Brahma until 12:18 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 10:19 · Bava until 20:44 · Balava until 07:16 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset09:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise20:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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
  • SamvatsaraHevilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 6 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 13 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:18 and 17:25.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.