Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 December 2025A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:07, sunset 17:27. Yamaganda 08:25 to 09:42. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:17. Rahu Kalam 12:17 to 13:35.00061218Moonset 15:11Moonrise 05:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 December 2025

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 02:33 Thu, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 17 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:17 to 13:35. Avoid new starts then.

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

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:07
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:25 to 09:42
    3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:17
    4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:17 to 13:35
    5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:11
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:27
    7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:38 Thu

    Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Trayodashi.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:07 to the next sunrise
    • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waning MoonTrayodashi until 02:33 Thu · Chaturdashi until 05:00 Fri
    • NakshatraVishakha, then AnuradhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:12, then Anuradha until 20:07 Thu
    • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:17, then Dhriti until 15:06 Thu
    • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 13:16 · Vanija until 02:33 Thu · Vishti until 15:48 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise07:07The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset17:27Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
    • Moonset15:11Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
    • Moonrise05:38Upper 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
    • SamvatsaraVishvavasuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

    Observances

    The fasts ahead.

    • PradoshWednesday 17 December

    Next Ekadashi

    • Pausha Putrada EkadashiTuesday 30 DecemberBreak the fast on Wednesday between 13:27 and 17:34.
    • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 31 DecemberFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.
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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.