Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 26 December 2096A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:12, sunset 17:32. Yamaganda 08:29 to 09:47. Gulika Kalam 11:04 to 12:22. Rahu Kalam 12:22 to 13:39.00061218Moonset 04:46Moonrise 14:41

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 26 December 2096

Wednesday is Mokshada Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 00:28 Thu, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Observed today Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Times forNew Delhi · 26 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:22 to 13:39. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:12
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:29 to 09:47
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:04 to 12:22
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:22 to 13:39
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:41
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:32
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:46 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 00:28 Thu · Trayodashi until 21:05 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:15, then Krittika until 08:47 Thu
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:55, then Sadhya until 12:01 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 14:03 · Balava until 00:28 Thu · Kaulava until 10:48 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:32Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:46Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:41Upper 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
  • MasaMargashirshaLunar month, counted to the full moonMargashirsha when counted to the new moon
  • RituHemantaEarly winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNalaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Mokshada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 26 DecemberFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.
  • Vaikuntha EkadashiWednesday 26 December

Next Ekadashi

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 9 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:15 and 09:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.