Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 2 January 2036A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:36. Yamaganda 08:32 to 09:49. Gulika Kalam 11:07 to 12:25. Rahu Kalam 12:25 to 13:43.00061218Moonset 20:55Moonrise 09:36

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 2 January 2036

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 06:30 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 2 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:25 to 13:43. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:14
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:32 to 09:49
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:36
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:07 to 12:25
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:25 to 13:43
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:36
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:55

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 06:30 Thu · Panchami until 08:38 Fri
  • NakshatraDhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:08 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:39, then Siddhi until 00:15 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 17:18 · Vishti until 06:30 Thu · Bava until 19:37 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:36Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 22 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise09:36Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraRakshasaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 2 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 9 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:32 and 17:41.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 10 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.