Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 11 March 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:36, sunset 18:27. Gulika Kalam 06:36 to 08:05. Rahu Kalam 09:34 to 11:03. Abhijit 12:08 to 12:55. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:29.00061218Moonset 05:16Moonrise 15:20

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 11 March 2006

Saturday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 21:18, then Trayodashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 11 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:34 to 11:03. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:36
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:36 to 08:05
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:34 to 11:03
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:08 to 12:55
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:29
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:20
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:27
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.05:16 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 21:18 · Trayodashi until 23:54 Sun
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:34, then Ashlesha until 15:35 Sun
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:05 Sun, then Sukarma until 02:03 Mon
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 08:04 · Balava until 21:18 · Kaulava until 10:35 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:27Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 51 min of daylight
  • Moonset05:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise15:20Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraParthivaThe 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

  • Papmochani EkadashiSaturday 25 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 13:41 and 18:35.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Sunday 26 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Monday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.