Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 February 1988A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 07:00, sunset 18:11. Yamaganda 09:48 to 11:12. Abhijit 12:13 to 12:58. Gulika Kalam 12:35 to 13:59. Rahu Kalam 15:23 to 16:47.00061218Moonset 16:42Moonrise 06:47

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 February 1988

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 01:12 Wed, then Amavasya.

Observed today Maha Shivaratri, Maha Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 16 February

Rahu Kalam runs 15:23 to 16:47. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.07:00
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:48 to 11:12
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:13 to 12:58
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:35 to 13:59
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:23 to 16:47
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:42
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:11
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:47 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 07:00 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 01:12 Wed · Amavasya until 21:24 Wed
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:49 Wed, then Dhanishtha until 00:48 Thu
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:23, then Variyan until 08:06 Wed
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:04 · Shakuni until 01:12 Wed · Chatushpada until 11:18 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise07:00The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:11Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 12 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:42Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:47Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraPrabhavaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Maha ShivaratriTuesday 16 February
  • Maha ShivaratriTuesday 16 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSunday 28 FebruaryBreak the fast on Monday between 06:48 and 09:05.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.