Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 22 March 2008A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:23, sunset 18:34. Gulika Kalam 06:23 to 07:54. Rahu Kalam 09:25 to 10:57. Abhijit 12:04 to 12:53. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:31.00061218Moonset 06:23Moonrise 19:13

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 22 March 2008

Saturday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 01:20 Sun, then Dwitiya.

Observed today Holi

Times forNew Delhi · 22 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:25 to 10:57. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:23 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:23
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:23 to 07:54
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:23
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:25 to 10:57
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:04 to 12:53
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:31
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:34
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:13

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:23 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waning MoonPratipada until 01:20 Sun · Dwitiya until 02:54 Mon
  • NakshatraHastaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:40 Sun
  • YogaVriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:49, then Dhruva until 20:54 Sun
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 12:42 · Kaulava until 01:20 Sun · Taitila until 14:04 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:23The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:34Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 11 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:23Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise19:13Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • HoliSaturday 22 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 2 AprilBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:09 and 08:39.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.