Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 March 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonset 19:03

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 March 2010

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 04:07 Wed, then Dwitiya.

Observed today Gudi Padwa, Ugadi

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 17:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:30 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 14:00
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 17:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:03

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waxing MoonPratipada until 04:07 Wed · Dwitiya until 05:20 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:48, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:52 Wed
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:25, then Shukla until 10:30 Wed
  • KaranaKimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 15:22 · Bava until 04:07 Wed · Balava until 16:47 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:03Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Gudi PadwaTuesday 16 March
  • UgadiTuesday 16 March

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.