Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 11 March 2009A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:36, sunset 18:27. Yamaganda 08:05 to 09:34. Gulika Kalam 11:02 to 12:31. Rahu Kalam 12:31 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 18:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 11 March 2009

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 08:08, then Pratipada.

Observed today Holi, Full moon

Times forNew Delhi · 11 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:31 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:36 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:36
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:05 to 09:34
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:02 to 12:31
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:31 to 14:00
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.18:27
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:52

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:36 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then Pratipada, then DwitiyaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first and second of the waning MoonPurnima until 08:08 · Pratipada until 06:32 Thu · Dwitiya until 05:27 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:07, then Uttara Phalguni until 07:14 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:50, then Ganda until 16:34 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 08:08 · Balava until 19:16 · Kaulava until 06:32 Thu · Taitila until 17:55 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:36The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:27Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 52 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:52Upper 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.

  • HoliWednesday 11 March
  • Full moonWednesday 11 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 22 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:22 and 08:48.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.