Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 March 2004A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonset 13:50Moonrise 04:20

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 March 2004

Tuesday is Papmochani Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Dashami until 09:38, then Ekadashi. Break the fast on Thursday 18 Mar after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 17:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:30 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:50
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 17:00
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:20 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 09:38 · Ekadashi until 07:56 Wed
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:25, then Shravana until 22:33 Wed
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:39 Wed, then Shiva until 22:14 Wed
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 09:38 · Bava until 20:45 · Balava until 07:56 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar 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.

  • Papmochani EkadashiTuesday 16 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday 18 Mar after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiThursday 1 AprilBreak the fast on Friday between 06:11 and 08:39.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.