Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 12 January 2089A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:44. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:52. Gulika Kalam 11:11 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 13:48.00061218Moonset 18:22

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 12 January 2089

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 04:18 Thu, then Dwitiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 12 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 13:48. 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 09:52
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:11 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 13:48
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.17:44
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:22

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waxing MoonPratipada until 04:18 Thu · Dwitiya until 06:39 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:34 Thu, then Shravana until 06:21 Fri
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:28 Thu, then Vajra until 01:10 Fri
  • KaranaKimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 15:04 · Bava until 04:18 Thu · Balava until 17:30 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:44Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 29 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:22Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

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
  • SamvatsaraKilakaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSaturday 22 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday 24 Jan after sunrise.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Sunday 23 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Monday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.