Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 14 March 2006A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:33, sunset 18:29. Yamaganda 09:32 to 11:01. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:55. Gulika Kalam 12:31 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 16:59.00061218Moonrise 18:02

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 14 March 2006

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 05:05 Wed, then Pratipada.

Observed today Holika Dahan, Meena sankranti, Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 14 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 16:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:33 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:33
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:32 to 11:01
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:55
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:31 to 14:00
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 16:59
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:02
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:33 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 05:05 Wed · Pratipada until 07:28 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:44, then Uttara Phalguni until 00:39 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:58 Wed, then Ganda until 04:46 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:50 · Bava until 05:05 Wed · Balava until 18:18 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:33The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 56 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:02Upper 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.

  • Holika DahanTuesday 14 March
  • Meena sankrantiTuesday 14 March
  • Full moonTuesday 14 March
  • Purnima fastTuesday 14 March

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.