Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 8 January 2149A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:15, sunset 17:41. Yamaganda 08:33 to 09:51. Gulika Kalam 11:09 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:46.00061218Moonset 16:25Moonrise 06:33

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 8 January 2149

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 02:52 Thu, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 8 January

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:46. 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.08:33 to 09:51
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:09 to 12:28
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:46
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:25
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.17:41
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:33 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 07:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 02:52 Thu · Amavasya until 02:46 Fri
  • NakshatraMulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:31 Thu
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 14:49, then Dhruva until 13:46 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 14:43 · Shakuni until 02:52 Thu · Chatushpada until 14:53 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset17:41Day hours end, night hours begin10 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:25Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:33Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKilakaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 8 January

Next Ekadashi

  • Pausha Putrada EkadashiSunday 19 JanuaryBreak the fast on Tuesday 21 Jan after sunrise.
  • Pausha Putrada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 20 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.