Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 15 January 2070A 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 13:50.00061218Moonset 20:41Moonrise 08:51

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 15 January 2070

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 17:10, then Chaturthi.

Observed today Makar Sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 15 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 13:50. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:15
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:34 to 09:53
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:51
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:31
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 13:50
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:46
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.20:41

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Tritiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waxing MoonTritiya until 17:10 · Chaturthi until 16:32 Thu
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:54, then Shatabhisha until 16:53 Thu
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:56, then Vyatipata until 08:18 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 17:10 · Vanija until 04:53 Thu · Vishti until 16:32 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 32 min of daylight
  • Moonset20:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:51Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Makar SankrantiWednesday 15 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 22 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:38 and 17:53.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 23 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.