Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 19 March 1986A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:27, sunset 18:32. Yamaganda 07:58 to 09:28. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 02:34Moonrise 11:49

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 19 March 1986

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 11:13, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 19 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:29 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:27 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:27
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:58 to 09:28
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:29
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:49
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:32
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:34 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:27 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 11:13 · Navami until 12:55 Thu
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:38 Thu, then Punarvasu until 07:26 Fri
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:50 Thu, then Shobhana until 01:49 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 11:13 · Balava until 00:09 Thu · Kaulava until 12:55 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:27The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:32Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 5 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:34Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:49Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKrodhanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 19 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSaturday 22 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:23 and 08:48.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.