Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 29 December 2020A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:34. Yamaganda 09:48 to 11:06. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:44. Gulika Kalam 12:23 to 13:41. Rahu Kalam 14:58 to 16:16.00061218Moonrise 16:53

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 29 December 2020

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 07:55, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 29 December

Rahu Kalam runs 14:58 to 16:16. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:48 to 11:06
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:44
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:23 to 13:41
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:58 to 16:16
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:53
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:34

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 07:55 · Purnima until 08:58 Wed
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:32, then Ardra until 18:55 Wed
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:12, then Brahma until 15:43 Wed
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 07:55 · Vishti until 20:30 · Bava until 08:58 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:34Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise16:53Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSharvariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastTuesday 29 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiSaturday 9 JanuaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 07:16 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.