Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 January 2044A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:39. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 13:45.00061218Moonset 23:10Moonrise 10:57

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 January 2044

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 22:28, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 6 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 13:45. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:33 to 09:51
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:57
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:27
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 13:45
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:39
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:10

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 22:28 · Saptami until 22:00 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:06, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:14 Thu
  • YogaVyatipata, Variyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:06, then Variyan until 06:49 Thu, then Parigha until 05:03 Fri
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 10:29 · Taitila until 22:28 · Gara until 10:19 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:39Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 24 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:10Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:57Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraRudhirodgariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 6 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiMonday 11 JanuaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 07:16 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.