Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 2 January 2047A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:14, sunset 17:36. Yamaganda 08:32 to 09:50. Gulika Kalam 11:07 to 12:25. Rahu Kalam 12:25 to 13:43.00061218Moonset 23:15Moonrise 10:50

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 2 January 2047

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 19:20, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 2 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:25 to 13:43. 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.08:32 to 09:50
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:50
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:07 to 12:25
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:25 to 13:43
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:36
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:15

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:14 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 19:20 · Saptami until 21:45 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:55 Thu, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:48 Fri
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:31, then Variyan until 19:13 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 19:20 · Gara until 08:31 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:14The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:36Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 22 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:50Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraAkshayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 2 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiMonday 7 JanuaryBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:31 and 17:40.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 8 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday between 07:16 and 07:29.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.