Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 19 December 2136A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:08, sunset 17:28. Yamaganda 08:26 to 09:43. Gulika Kalam 11:01 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 13:35.00061218Moonset 13:51Moonrise 03:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 19 December 2136

Wednesday is Saphala Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 02:22 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 07:37 and 09:12.

Times forNew Delhi · 19 December

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 13:35. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:08 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:08
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:26 to 09:43
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:01 to 12:18
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 13:35
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:51
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:28
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:38 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 07:08 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 02:22 Thu · Dwadashi until 23:19 Thu
  • NakshatraChitra, then SwatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:23, then Swati until 11:22 Thu
  • YogaShobhana, Atiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:20, then Atiganda until 06:59 Thu, then Sukarma until 03:09 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 15:41 · Balava until 02:22 Thu · Kaulava until 12:55 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:08The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:28Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:51Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:38Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Saphala EkadashiWednesday 19 DecemberBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:37 and 09:12.

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiWednesday 2 JanuaryBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:28 and 17:36.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 3 JanuaryFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday between 07:15 and 07:31.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.