Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 13 August 2053A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:50, sunset 19:02. Yamaganda 07:29 to 09:08. Gulika Kalam 10:47 to 12:26. Rahu Kalam 12:26 to 14:05.00061218Moonset 18:26

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 13 August 2053

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 09:34, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 13 August

Rahu Kalam runs 12:26 to 14:05. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:50 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:50
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:29 to 09:08
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:47 to 12:26
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:26 to 14:05
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:26
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:02

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:50 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 09:34 · Amavasya until 06:11 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:22, then Ashlesha until 10:51 Thu
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:44, then Variyan until 14:58 Thu
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 09:34 · Chatushpada until 19:51 · Naga until 06:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:50The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:02Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 13 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:26Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaShravanaLunar month, counted to the full moonAshadha when counted to the new moon
  • RituGrishmaSummer, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraShrimukhaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Darsha AmavasyaWednesday 13 August

Next Ekadashi

  • Shravana Putrada EkadashiSunday 24 AugustBreak the fast on Monday between 13:41 and 18:50.
  • Shravana Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 25 AugustFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday between 05:57 and 07:51.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.