Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 13 December 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:05, sunset 17:26. Yamaganda 08:23 to 09:40. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:15. Rahu Kalam 12:15 to 13:33.00061218Moonset 14:27Moonrise 03:23

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 13 December 2017

Wednesday is Saphala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 03:26 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 13:18 and 17:25.

Times forNew Delhi · 13 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:15 to 13:33. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:05
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:23 to 09:40
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:15
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:15 to 13:33
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.14:27
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:26
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:23 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 03:26 Thu · Dwadashi until 05:08 Fri
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:58, then Swati until 23:04 Thu
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:05 Thu, then Atiganda until 01:14 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 14:44 · Balava until 03:26 Thu · Kaulava until 16:14 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:26Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset14:27Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:23Upper 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
  • 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.

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 13 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:18 and 17:25.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiFriday 29 DecemberBreak the fast on Saturday between 07:14 and 09:17.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.