Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 August 2025A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:53, sunset 18:56. Yamaganda 07:31 to 09:09. Gulika Kalam 10:47 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 14:02.00061218Moonset 17:09Moonrise 03:37

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 August 2025

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 13:59, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 20 August

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 14:02. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise.

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:53
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:31 to 09:09
    3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:47 to 12:24
    4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 14:02
    5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:09
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:56
    7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:37 Thu

    Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:53 to the next sunrise
    • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 13:59 · Trayodashi until 12:45 Thu
    • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:27 Thu, then Pushya until 00:09 Fri
    • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:14, then Vyatipata until 16:14 Thu
    • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 13:59 · Gara until 01:19 Thu · Vanija until 12:45 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise05:53The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset18:56Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 2 min of daylight
    • Moonset17:09Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
    • Moonrise03:37Upper 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
    • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
    • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
    • SamvatsaraVishvavasuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

    Observances

    The fasts ahead.

    • PradoshWednesday 20 August

    Next Ekadashi

    • Parsva EkadashiWednesday 3 SeptemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:36 and 18:39.
    All festivals this year

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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.