Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 15 January 2059A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:46. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 13:49.00061218Moonset 19:09Moonrise 08:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 15 January 2059

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 02:16 Thu, then Tritiya.

Observed today Makar Sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 15 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 13:49. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:25
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:34 to 09:53
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:31
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 13:49
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:46
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:09

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waxing MoonDwitiya until 02:16 Thu · Tritiya until 22:44 Thu
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:35, then Dhanishtha until 20:47 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:18, then Siddhi until 13:06 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 16:04 · Kaulava until 02:16 Thu · Taitila until 12:29 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:46Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 31 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:09Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:25Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraBahudhanyaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Makar SankrantiWednesday 15 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiFriday 24 JanuaryBreak the fast on Saturday between 07:13 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.