Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 8 May 2059A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:35, sunset 19:01. Yamaganda 05:35 to 07:16. Gulika Kalam 08:57 to 10:37. Abhijit 11:51 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:59 to 15:39.00061218Moonset 15:26Moonrise 03:57

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 8 May 2059

Thursday is Varuthini Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 10:18, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Friday between 05:35 and 07:38.

Times forNew Delhi · 8 May

Rahu Kalam runs 13:59 to 15:39. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:35
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.05:35 to 07:16
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:57 to 10:37
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:51 to 12:45
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:59 to 15:39
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:26
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.19:01
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:57 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 05:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 10:18 · Dwadashi until 07:39 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:37, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 05:44 Fri
  • YogaVaidhriti, then VishkambhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:33, then Vishkambha until 10:17 Fri
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 10:18 · Kaulava until 20:58 · Taitila until 07:39 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:01Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:26Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:57Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraPramathiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Varuthini EkadashiThursday 8 MayBreak the fast on Friday between 05:35 and 07:38.

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiFriday 23 MayBreak the fast on Saturday between 05:27 and 08:11.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.