Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 January 2021A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:39. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 13:45.00061218Moonset 12:14Moonrise 00:53

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 January 2021

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 02:07 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 6 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 13:45. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:51
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:27
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.12:14
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 13:45
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:39
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:53 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 02:07 Thu · Navami until 23:58 Thu
  • NakshatraHasta, then ChitraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:09, then Chitra until 15:46 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:12 Thu, then Sukarma until 21:15 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 15:07 · Kaulava until 02:07 Thu · Taitila until 13:04 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:39Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset12:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:53Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraSharvariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 6 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiSaturday 9 JanuaryBreak the fast on Sunday between 07:16 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.