Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 January 2143A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:46. Yamaganda 08:34 to 09:53. Gulika Kalam 11:12 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 13:50.00061218Moonset 18:13

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 January 2143

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada all day.

Observed today Makar Sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 13:50. 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 09:53
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:12 to 12:31
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 13:50
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.17:46
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:13

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
  • TithiPratipadaThe first lunar day of the waxing MoonPratipada until 08:51 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:20 Thu, then Shravana until 06:11 Fri
  • YogaHarshana, then VajraOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:13, then Vajra until 20:55 Thu
  • KaranaKimstughna, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 19:41 · Bava until 08:51 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:46Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 32 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:13Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraShubhakritThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Makar SankrantiWednesday 16 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 27 JanuaryBreak the fast on Monday between 07:12 and 09:20.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.