Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 29 December 2055A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:33. Yamaganda 08:30 to 09:48. Gulika Kalam 11:05 to 12:23. Rahu Kalam 12:23 to 13:41.00061218Moonset 03:40Moonrise 14:21

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 29 December 2055

Wednesday is Pausha Putrada Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 00:19 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 07:14 and 09:17.

Observed today Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Times forNew Delhi · 29 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:23 to 13:41. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:30 to 09:48
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:05 to 12:23
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:23 to 13:41
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:21
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:33
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.03:40 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 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 00:19 Thu · Dwadashi until 01:57 Fri
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:51 Thu, then Krittika until 04:55 Fri
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:34 Thu, then Sadhya until 02:39 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:19 · Vishti until 00:19 Thu · Bava until 13:12 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:33Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset03:40Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:21Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraYuvaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 29 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:14 and 09:17.
  • Vaikuntha EkadashiWednesday 29 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Shattila EkadashiThursday 13 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 07:27.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.