Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 4 March 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:43, sunset 18:23. Yamaganda 08:11 to 09:38. Gulika Kalam 11:06 to 12:33. Rahu Kalam 12:33 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 01:55Moonrise 11:12

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 4 March 2009

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 00:15 Thu, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 4 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:33 to 14:01. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:43 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:43
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:11 to 09:38
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:06 to 12:33
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:12
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:33 to 14:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:23
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:55 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:43 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 00:15 Thu · Navami until 22:05 Thu
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:08, then Mrigashira until 17:43 Thu
  • YogaVishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:56, then Priti until 16:02 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 13:16 · Bava until 00:15 Thu · Balava until 11:11 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:43The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:23Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 40 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise11:12Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraSarvadharinThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiWednesday 4 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSaturday 7 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:39 and 09:00.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.