Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 16 March 1995A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:31, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 06:31 to 08:01. Gulika Kalam 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 06:20Moonrise 17:57

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 16 March 1995

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 08:32, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:31
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:31 to 08:01
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:30 to 11:00
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:57
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:20 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 08:32 · Purnima until 06:56 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:24, then Uttara Phalguni until 20:16 Fri
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:52, then Ganda until 21:11 Fri
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 08:32 · Vishti until 19:47 · Bava until 06:56 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:31The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 59 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise17:57Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraBhavaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Holika DahanThursday 16 March
  • Purnima fastThursday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiMonday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:17 and 07:28.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.