Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 1988A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 08:00 to 09:30. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 16:41Moonrise 05:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 1988

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 14:23, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:41
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:55 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waning MoonTrayodashi until 14:23 · Chaturdashi until 10:56 Thu
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:47, then Shatabhisha until 09:05 Thu
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:30, then Sadhya until 09:29 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then ShakuniHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 14:23 · Vishti until 00:39 Thu · Shakuni until 10:56 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:55Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna 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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiMonday 28 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:41 and 18:37.
  • Kamada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 29 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday between 06:14 and 08:41.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.