Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 26 February 2059A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:49, sunset 18:19. Yamaganda 08:16 to 09:42. Gulika Kalam 11:08 to 12:34. Rahu Kalam 12:34 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 17:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 26 February 2059

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 13:07, then Purnima.

Observed today Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 26 February

Rahu Kalam runs 12:34 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:49 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:49
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:16 to 09:42
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:08 to 12:34
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:34 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:25
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:19

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:49 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 13:07 · Purnima until 15:36 Thu
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:03, then Magha until 14:00 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:13 Thu, then Sukarma until 01:02 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 13:07 · Vishti until 02:22 Thu · Bava until 15:36 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:49The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:19Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 29 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:25Upper 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
  • MasaMaghaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraBahudhanyaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Purnima fastWednesday 26 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiMonday 10 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:36 and 08:57.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.