Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 23 May 2046A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:27, sunset 19:10. Yamaganda 07:09 to 08:52. Gulika Kalam 10:35 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 08:00Moonrise 22:29

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 23 May 2046

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 04:55 Thu, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 23 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:27 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:27
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:09 to 08:52
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:00
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:35 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:10
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:29

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:27 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 04:55 Thu · Panchami until 05:47 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:15 Thu, then Uttara Ashadha until 06:46 Fri
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:42, then Shubha until 07:52 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 16:46 · Balava until 04:55 Thu · Kaulava until 17:15 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:27The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:10Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 43 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:00Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaJyeshthaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraAkshayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 23 May
  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 23 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Apara EkadashiThursday 31 MayBreak the fast on Friday between 05:24 and 08:09.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.