Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 9 March 2005A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:38, sunset 18:26. Yamaganda 08:06 to 09:35. Gulika Kalam 11:03 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 17:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 9 March 2005

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 17:28, then Amavasya.

Times forNew Delhi · 9 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:38
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:06 to 09:35
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:03 to 12:32
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:24
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:26

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 17:28 · Amavasya until 14:40 Thu
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, Shatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:00, then Shatabhisha until 04:49 Thu, then Purva Bhadrapada until 02:57 Fri
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:17, then Sadhya until 16:51 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 06:59 · Shakuni until 17:28 · Chatushpada until 04:02 Thu · Naga until 14:40 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:38The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:26Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 48 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraTaranaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiMonday 21 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 06:24 and 08:49.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.