Day dial for New Delhi, Monday 17 March 2003A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:30. Rahu Kalam 08:00 to 09:30. Yamaganda 11:00 to 12:30. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonrise 17:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Monday 17 March 2003

Monday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 19:19, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan

Times forNew Delhi · 17 March

Rahu Kalam runs 08:00 to 09:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:29
  2. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:00 to 09:30
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.11:00 to 12:30
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.14:00 to 15:30
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:25
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraSomavaraMonday, the day of the Moon (Mo)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 19:19 · Purnima until 16:05 Tue
  • NakshatraMagha, Purva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:21, then Purva Phalguni until 05:03 Tue, then Uttara Phalguni until 02:27 Wed
  • YogaDhriti, Shula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:09, then Shula until 05:28 Tue, then Ganda until 01:32 Wed
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayGara until 08:48 · Vanija until 19:19 · Vishti until 05:44 Tue · Bava until 16:05 Tue

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:25Upper 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.

  • Holika DahanMonday 17 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.