Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 7 April 2021A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:05, sunset 18:42. Yamaganda 07:39 to 09:14. Gulika Kalam 10:49 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 13:58.00061218Moonset 14:27Moonrise 04:12

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 7 April 2021

Wednesday is Papmochani Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 02:29 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 13:40 and 18:43.

Times forNew Delhi · 7 April

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 13:58. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:05 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:05
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:39 to 09:14
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:49 to 12:24
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 13:58
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.14:27
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:42
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:12 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:05 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 02:29 Thu · Dwadashi until 03:16 Fri
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:33 Thu, then Shatabhisha until 04:57 Fri
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:29, then Shubha until 13:50 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 14:16 · Balava until 02:29 Thu · Kaulava until 14:50 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:05The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:42Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 38 min of daylight
  • Moonset14:27Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:12Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSharvariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 7 AprilBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:40 and 18:43.

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiFriday 23 AprilBreak the fast on Saturday between 05:47 and 08:23.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.