Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 5 March 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:43, sunset 18:23. Gulika Kalam 06:43 to 08:10. Rahu Kalam 09:38 to 11:05. Abhijit 12:10 to 12:56. Yamaganda 14:01 to 15:28.00061218Moonset 18:56

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 5 March 2011

Saturday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 04:43 Sun, then Dwitiya.

Times forNew Delhi · 5 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:38 to 11:05. Avoid new starts then.

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

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:43
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:43 to 08:10
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:38 to 11:05
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:10 to 12:56
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:01 to 15:28
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:23
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:56

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:43 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waxing MoonPratipada until 04:43 Sun · Dwitiya until 07:14 Mon
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:22 Sun, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:21 Mon
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:26 Sun, then Shubha until 04:19 Mon
  • KaranaKimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 15:29 · Bava until 04:43 Sun · Balava until 17:59 Sun

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 41 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:56Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe 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

  • Amalaki EkadashiWednesday 16 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:30 and 08:53.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.