Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 3 March 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:45, sunset 18:22. Yamaganda 08:12 to 09:39. Gulika Kalam 11:06 to 12:33. Rahu Kalam 12:33 to 14:01.00061218Moonset 08:04Moonrise 21:29

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 3 March 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Tritiya until 12:25, then Chaturthi.

Observed today Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 3 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:45 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:45
  2. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:04
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:12 to 09:39
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:06 to 12:33
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:33 to 14:01
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:22
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.21:29

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Tritiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:45 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTritiya, then ChaturthiThe third and fourth lunar days of the waning MoonTritiya until 12:25 · Chaturthi until 10:15 Thu
  • NakshatraHasta, then ChitraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 10:21, then Chitra until 08:50 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:41, then Vriddhi until 09:44 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 12:25 · Bava until 23:15 · Balava until 10:15 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:45The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:22Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 38 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise21:29Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVirodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Sankashti ChaturthiWednesday 3 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 11 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:35 and 08:57.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.