Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 23 December 2065A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:11, sunset 17:30. Yamaganda 08:28 to 09:45. Gulika Kalam 11:03 to 12:20. Rahu Kalam 12:20 to 13:38.00061218Moonset 13:37Moonrise 03:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 23 December 2065

Wednesday is Saphala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 03:40 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 08:53 and 09:14.

Times forNew Delhi · 23 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:20 to 13:38. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:11
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:28 to 09:45
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:03 to 12:20
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:20 to 13:38
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:37
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:30
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:40 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:11 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 03:40 Thu · Dwadashi until 00:30 Fri
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:54 Thu, then Vishakha until 01:27 Fri
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:51, then Sukarma until 12:13 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 17:06 · Balava until 03:40 Thu · Kaulava until 14:08 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:11The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:30Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 19 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:37Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:40Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPaushaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraParthivaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 23 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 08:53 and 09:14.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiThursday 7 JanuaryBreak the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.