Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 12 December 2085A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:04, sunset 17:25. Yamaganda 08:22 to 09:40. Gulika Kalam 10:57 to 12:15. Rahu Kalam 12:15 to 13:33.00061218Moonset 13:50Moonrise 03:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 12 December 2085

Wednesday is Saphala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 05:50 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 13:18 and 17:25.

Times forNew Delhi · 12 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:15 to 13:33. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:04 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:04
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:22 to 09:40
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:57 to 12:15
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:15 to 13:33
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:50
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:25
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:24 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 07:04 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 05:50 Thu · Dwadashi until 06:23 Fri
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:06 Thu, then Swati until 03:18 Fri
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:37, then Shobhana until 08:21 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 17:18 · Balava until 05:50 Thu · Kaulava until 18:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:04The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:25Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:24Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVishvavasuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 12 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:18 and 17:25.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 26 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:25 and 17:32.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 27 DecemberFollowers 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.