Day dial for New Delhi, Friday 12 March 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:35, sunset 18:28. Gulika Kalam 08:04 to 09:33. Rahu Kalam 11:02 to 12:31. Abhijit 12:07 to 12:55. Yamaganda 15:29 to 16:59.00061218Moonset 15:31Moonrise 04:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Friday 12 March 2010

Friday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 19:36, then Trayodashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 12 March

Rahu Kalam runs 11:02 to 12:31. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:35 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:35
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.08:04 to 09:33
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.11:02 to 12:31
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:07 to 12:55
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.15:29 to 16:59
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:31
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:28
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:55 Sat

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShukravaraFriday, the day of Venus (Ve)From sunrise at 06:35 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 19:36 · Trayodashi until 22:12 Sat
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:33, then Dhanishtha until 01:35 Sun
  • YogaParigha, then ShivaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:30, then Shiva until 08:32 Sat
  • KaranaTaitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 19:36 · Gara until 08:55 Sat

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:35The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:28Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 53 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:31Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySaturday

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.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiFriday 26 MarchBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:18 and 08:45.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.