Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 March 1984A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:32, sunset 18:29. Yamaganda 08:02 to 09:31. Gulika Kalam 11:01 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 05:09Moonrise 15:03

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 March 1984

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

Dwadashi until 02:59 Thu, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 14 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:32
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:02 to 09:31
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:01 to 12:31
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:03
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:09 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 06:32 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 02:59 Thu · Trayodashi until 23:24 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:45, then Ashlesha until 11:11 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:21, then Sukarma until 14:22 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 16:37 · Balava until 02:59 Thu · Kaulava until 13:14 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:32The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 57 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:09Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise15:03Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraRudhirodgariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Amalaki Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 14 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.
  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 14 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 28 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:15 and 08:43.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.