Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 26 December 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:32. Yamaganda 09:47 to 11:04. Abhijit 12:01 to 12:42. Gulika Kalam 12:22 to 13:39. Rahu Kalam 14:57 to 16:14.00061218Moonset 00:43Moonrise 12:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 02:44 Wed, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 26 December

Rahu Kalam runs 14:57 to 16:14. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:47 to 11:04
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:01 to 12:42
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:22 to 13:39
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:25
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:57 to 16:14
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:32
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:43 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 02:44 Wed · Navami until 01:55 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:47 Wed, then Revati until 01:37 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 05:28 Wed, then Parigha until 03:31 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 14:50 · Bava until 02:44 Wed · Balava until 14:26 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:32Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:43Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise12:25Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraHevilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiTuesday 26 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiFriday 29 DecemberBreak the fast on Saturday between 07:14 and 09:17.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.