Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 1994A 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 22:07Moonrise 08:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 1994

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 22:12, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

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. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:30
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:07

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 22:12 · Panchami until 00:51 Fri
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:27, then Bharani until 11:36 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:52, then Vaidhriti until 12:54 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 08:51 · Vishti until 22:12 · Bava until 11:33 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
  • Moonset22:07Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:30Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraShrimukhaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiWednesday 23 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:42 and 18:34.
  • Amalaki Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Thursday 24 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Friday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.