Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 12 January 2021A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:44. Yamaganda 09:52 to 11:11. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:51. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 13:48. Rahu Kalam 15:07 to 16:25.00061218Moonset 16:50

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 12 January 2021

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 12:23, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 12 January

Rahu Kalam runs 15:07 to 16:25. 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.09:52 to 11:11
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:51
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 13:48
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:07 to 16:25
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:50
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.17:44

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 12:23 · Amavasya until 10:30 Wed
  • NakshatraMula, Purva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:38, then Purva Ashadha until 06:21 Wed, then Uttara Ashadha until 05:28 Thu
  • YogaVyaghata, then HarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:47 Wed, then Harshana until 00:14 Thu
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 12:23 · Chatushpada until 23:24 · Naga until 10:30 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:44Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

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.

  • Darsha AmavasyaTuesday 12 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 24 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 07:13 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.