Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 08:00 to 09:30. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 04:22Moonrise 14:53

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2011

Wednesday is Amalaki Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 13:30, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 06:30 and 08:53.

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. 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.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.14:53
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:22 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 13:30 · Dwadashi until 10:43 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:59, then Ashlesha until 16:47 Thu
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:41, then Sukarma until 18:03 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 13:30 · Bava until 00:11 Thu · Balava until 10:43 Thu

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 begin11 h 59 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:22Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise14:53Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

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

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 30 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:14 and 08:42.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.