Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 January 2038A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:50. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:13 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 13:52.00061218Moonrise 17:05

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 January 2038

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 11:06, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 20 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 13:52. 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.08:34 to 09:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:13 to 12:32
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 13:52
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:05
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:50

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 11:06 · Purnima until 09:30 Thu
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:32 Thu, then Pushya until 02:16 Fri
  • YogaVaidhriti, then VishkambhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:33, then Vishkambha until 09:02 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:06 · Vishti until 22:22 · Bava until 09:30 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:50Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 36 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:05Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraPingalaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastWednesday 20 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiSunday 31 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 07:10 and 09:19.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.