Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 March 2002A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:26, sunset 18:32. Yamaganda 07:56 to 09:27. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 00:11Moonrise 10:06

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 March 2002

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 19:31, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 20 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:29 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:56 to 09:27
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:06
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:29
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:32
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:11 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 19:31 · Saptami until 20:00 Thu
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:49 Thu, then Mrigashira until 06:37 Fri
  • YogaPriti, then AyushmanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:34 Thu, then Ayushman until 23:44 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 07:01 · Taitila until 19:31 · Gara until 07:51 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:32Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 7 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:11Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise10:06Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVrishaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 20 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiMonday 25 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:19 and 08:46.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.