Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 December 2024A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:08, sunset 17:28. Yamaganda 08:26 to 09:43. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:35.00061218Moonset 09:51Moonrise 20:28

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 December 2024

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 10:07, then Chaturthi.

Observed today Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 18 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:35. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:08 to the next sunrise.

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:08
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:26 to 09:43
    3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:51
    4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:18
    5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:35
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:28
    7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.20:28

    Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Tritiya.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:08 to the next sunrise
    • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waning MoonTritiya until 10:07 · Chaturthi until 10:03 Thu
    • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:58 Thu, then Ashlesha until 02:00 Fri
    • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:34, then Vaidhriti until 18:34 Thu
    • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 10:07 · Bava until 21:59 · Balava until 10:03 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise07:08The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset17:28Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
    • Moonset09:51Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
    • Moonrise20:28Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

    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
    • SamvatsaraKrodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

    Observances

    The fasts ahead.

    • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 18 December

    Next Ekadashi

    • Saphala EkadashiThursday 26 DecemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:13 and 09:16.
    All festivals this year

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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.