Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 May 2019A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:35, sunset 19:00. Yamaganda 07:16 to 08:57. Gulika Kalam 10:37 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 22:26Moonrise 08:14

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 May 2019

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 00:59 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 8 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:35
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:16 to 08:57
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:14
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:37 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:00
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:26

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 00:59 Thu · Panchami until 23:27 Thu
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:00, then Ardra until 15:17 Thu
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:17, then Dhriti until 19:00 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 13:40 · Vishti until 00:59 Thu · Bava until 12:15 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:00Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:26Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:14Upper 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
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 8 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiWednesday 15 MayBreak the fast on Thursday between 05:31 and 08:13.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.