Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 31 December 2025A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:35. Yamaganda 08:31 to 09:49. Gulika Kalam 11:07 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 13:42.00061218Moonset 04:54Moonrise 14:20

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 31 December 2025

Wednesday is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 01:48 Thu, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Observed today Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Times forNew Delhi · 31 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 13:42. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise.

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:31 to 09:49
    3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:07 to 12:24
    4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 13:42
    5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:20
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:35
    7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:54 Thu

    Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
    • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 01:48 Thu · Trayodashi until 22:23 Thu
    • NakshatraKrittika, then RohiniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:30 Thu, then Rohini until 22:49 Thu
    • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:14, then Shubha until 17:13 Thu
    • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 15:27 · Balava until 01:48 Thu · Kaulava until 12:07 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset17:35Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
    • Moonset04:54Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
    • Moonrise14:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

    The calendar

    Where the day sits in the year.

    • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
    • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonPausha 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.

    • 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.
    • Vaikuntha EkadashiWednesday 31 December

    Next Ekadashi

    • Shattila EkadashiWednesday 14 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 09:21.
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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.