Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 24 March 2007A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 18:34. Gulika Kalam 06:21 to 07:53. Rahu Kalam 09:25 to 10:56. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:52. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:31.00061218Moonset 00:44Moonrise 09:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 24 March 2007

Saturday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 13:34, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 24 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:25 to 10:56. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:21 to 07:53
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:25 to 10:56
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.09:55
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:52
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:31
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:34
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:44 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 13:34 · Saptami until 12:11 Sun
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:00, then Mrigashira until 16:26 Sun
  • YogaPriti, Ayushman, then SaubhagyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:06, then Ayushman until 04:40 Sun, then Saubhagya until 02:49 Mon
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 13:34 · Gara until 00:47 Sun · Vanija until 12:11 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:34Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 13 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise09:55Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraSarvajitThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiSaturday 24 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.