Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 4 December 2041A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:59, sunset 17:24. Yamaganda 08:17 to 09:35. Gulika Kalam 10:53 to 12:11. Rahu Kalam 12:11 to 13:29.00061218Moonset 04:15Moonrise 14:54

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 4 December 2041

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

Dwadashi until 03:55 Thu, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 4 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:11 to 13:29. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:59 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:59
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:17 to 09:35
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:53 to 12:11
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:11 to 13:29
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:54
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:24
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:15 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 06:59 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 03:55 Thu · Trayodashi until 02:04 Fri
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:59 Thu, then Bharani until 03:50 Fri
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:40 Thu, then Parigha until 22:57 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 16:55 · Balava until 03:55 Thu · Kaulava until 14:58 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:59The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:24Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:54Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraDurmatiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Mokshada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 4 DecemberFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiThursday 19 DecemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:10 and 09:12.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.