Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 24 March 1999A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 18:34. Yamaganda 07:53 to 09:25. Gulika Kalam 10:56 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 01:36Moonrise 11:36

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 24 March 1999

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 03:02 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 24 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:53 to 09:25
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:56 to 12:28
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:36
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:34
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:36 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 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 03:02 Thu · Navami until 01:51 Fri
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:56, then Ardra until 10:07 Thu
  • YogaSaubhagya, then ShobhanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:51, then Shobhana until 20:41 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:48 · Bava until 03:02 Thu · Balava until 14:23 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:34Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 13 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:36Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:36Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraPramathiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 24 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiSaturday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 07:03 and 08:44.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.