Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 31 December 2087A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:13, sunset 17:35. Yamaganda 08:31 to 09:49. Gulika Kalam 11:06 to 12:24. Rahu Kalam 12:24 to 13:42.00061218Moonset 23:31Moonrise 11:02

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 31 December 2087

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 12:40, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 31 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:24 to 13:42. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:31 to 09:49
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:02
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:06 to 12:24
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:24 to 13:42
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:35
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:31

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 12:40 · Saptami until 11:58 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:35 Thu, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:15 Fri
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:26, then Variyan until 19:31 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 12:40 · Gara until 00:23 Thu · Vanija until 11:58 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:35Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 21 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:31Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise11:02Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraPlavangaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 31 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 4 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 09:19 and 09:19.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 5 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.