Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 6 March 2002A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:41, sunset 18:24. Yamaganda 08:09 to 09:37. Gulika Kalam 11:05 to 12:33. Rahu Kalam 12:33 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 11:41Moonrise 02:00

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 6 March 2002

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 18:54, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 6 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:33 to 14:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:41 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:41
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:09 to 09:37
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:05 to 12:33
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:41
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:33 to 14:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:24
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.02:00 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:41 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 18:54 · Navami until 19:26 Thu
  • NakshatraJyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:48, then Mula until 00:02 Fri
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:13, then Siddhi until 18:30 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 06:55 · Kaulava until 18:54 · Taitila until 07:05 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:41The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:24Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 43 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise02:00Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVrishaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 6 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Vijaya EkadashiSaturday 9 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:38 and 08:58.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.