Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 28 February 2004A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:48, sunset 18:20. Gulika Kalam 06:48 to 08:15. Rahu Kalam 09:41 to 11:08. Abhijit 12:11 to 12:57. Yamaganda 14:01 to 15:27.00061218Moonset 01:53Moonrise 11:28

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 28 February 2004

Saturday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 22:14, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 28 February

Rahu Kalam runs 09:41 to 11:08. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:48 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:48
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:48 to 08:15
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:41 to 11:08
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:28
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:11 to 12:57
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:01 to 15:27
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:20
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:53 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:48 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 22:14 · Navami until 00:46 Mon
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:54 Sun, then Mrigashira until 04:52 Mon
  • YogaVaidhriti, then VishkambhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:02, then Vishkambha until 10:00 Sun
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 08:54 · Bava until 22:14 · Balava until 11:32 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:48The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:20Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 32 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:53Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise11:28Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraSvabhanuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiSaturday 28 February

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiTuesday 2 MarchBreak the fast on Wednesday between 13:44 and 18:22.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.