Day dial for New Delhi, Sunday 16 March 2003A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:31, sunset 18:30. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Yamaganda 12:30 to 14:00. Gulika Kalam 15:30 to 17:00. Rahu Kalam 17:00 to 18:30.00061218Moonset 05:55Moonrise 16:18

Panchanga · New Delhi · Sunday 16 March 2003

Sunday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 22:10, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 17:00 to 18:30. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:31
  2. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.12:30 to 14:00
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.15:30 to 17:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.16:18
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.17:00 to 18:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:55 Mon

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraRavivaraSunday, the day of the Sun (Su)From sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonTrayodashi until 22:10 · Chaturdashi until 19:19 Mon
  • NakshatraAshlesha, then MaghaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 09:08, then Magha until 07:21 Mon
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:26, then Dhriti until 09:09 Mon
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 11:23 · Taitila until 22:10 · Gara until 08:48 Mon

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
  • Moonset05:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityMonday
  • Moonrise16:18Upper 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.

  • PradoshSunday 16 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.