Day dial for New Delhi, Friday 16 March 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:31, sunset 18:30. Gulika Kalam 08:00 to 09:30. Rahu Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Yamaganda 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonset 15:32Moonrise 05:15

Panchanga · New Delhi · Friday 16 March 2007

Friday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 17:41, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 11:00 to 12:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:31
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.11:00 to 12:30
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.15:30 to 17:00
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:32
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:15 Sat

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShukravaraFriday, the day of Venus (Ve)From sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 17:41 · Trayodashi until 14:56 Sat
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:56, then Dhanishtha until 12:02 Sat
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:57, then Siddha until 13:34 Sat
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 06:50 · Taitila until 17:41 · Gara until 04:22 Sat · Vanija until 14:56 Sat

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:31The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 59 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:32Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySaturday

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.

  • PradoshFriday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiThursday 29 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:15 and 08:43.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.