Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 15 March 2003A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:32, sunset 18:29. Gulika Kalam 06:32 to 08:01. Rahu Kalam 09:31 to 11:01. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:54. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 05:14Moonrise 15:12

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 15 March 2003

Saturday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 00:27 Sun, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 15 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:31 to 11:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:32
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:32 to 08:01
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:31 to 11:01
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:54
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:30
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:12
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:14 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 00:27 Sun · Trayodashi until 22:10 Sun
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:16, then Ashlesha until 09:08 Sun
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:12, then Sukarma until 12:26 Sun
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 13:19 · Balava until 00:27 Sun · Kaulava until 11:23 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:32The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise15:12Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraChitrabhanuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiSaturday 15 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiFriday 28 MarchBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:16 and 08:43.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.