Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 December 2045A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:09, sunset 17:28. Yamaganda 08:26 to 09:44. Gulika Kalam 11:01 to 12:19. Rahu Kalam 12:19 to 13:36.00061218Moonset 04:17Moonrise 14:10

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 December 2045

Wednesday is Mokshada Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 11:29, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 07:10 and 09:13.

Observed today Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Times forNew Delhi · 20 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:19 to 13:36. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:09 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:09
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:26 to 09:44
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:01 to 12:19
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:19 to 13:36
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:10
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:28
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:17 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:09 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 11:29 · Dwadashi until 11:11 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:32 Thu, then Krittika until 06:15 Fri
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:01, then Siddha until 20:19 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 11:29 · Bava until 23:26 · Balava until 11:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:09The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:28Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:17Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:10Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKrodhanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Mokshada EkadashiWednesday 20 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:10 and 09:13.
  • Vaikuntha EkadashiWednesday 20 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 3 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 07:43.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.