Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 15 March 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:32, sunset 18:29. Yamaganda 06:32 to 08:01. Gulika Kalam 09:31 to 11:01. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:54. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 14:24Moonrise 04:36

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 15 March 2007

Thursday is Papmochani Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 19:49, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Friday between 06:31 and 08:54.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 15 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:32
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:32 to 08:01
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:31 to 11:01
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:54
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.14:24
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:36 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 19:49 · Dwadashi until 17:41 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Ashadha, then ShravanaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:14, then Shravana until 13:56 Fri
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 19:51, then Shiva until 16:57 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 08:38 · Balava until 19:49 · Kaulava until 06:50 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:32The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset14:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:36Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

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
  • SamvatsaraVyayaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 15 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:31 and 08:54.
  • Meena sankrantiThursday 15 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiThursday 29 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:15 and 08:43.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.