Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 February 2018A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:54, sunset 18:16. Yamaganda 08:20 to 09:45. Gulika Kalam 11:10 to 12:35. Rahu Kalam 12:35 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 23:25Moonrise 10:18

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 February 2018

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 03:50 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:35 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:54 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:54
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:20 to 09:45
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:18
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:10 to 12:35
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:35 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:16
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:25

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:54 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 03:50 Thu · Saptami until 02:29 Fri
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:01, then Bharani until 13:34 Thu
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:54, then Brahma until 08:53 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 16:22 · Taitila until 03:50 Thu · Gara until 15:13 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:54The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:16Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:25Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:18Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraHevilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 21 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiMonday 26 FebruaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:49 and 09:06.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.