Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 26 March 2011A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:19, sunset 18:36. Gulika Kalam 06:19 to 07:51. Rahu Kalam 09:23 to 10:55. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:52. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:31.00061218Moonset 11:23Moonrise 01:39

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 26 March 2011

Saturday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 05:50 Sun, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 26 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:23 to 10:55. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:19 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:19
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:19 to 07:51
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:23 to 10:55
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:23
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:52
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:31
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:36
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.01:39 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:19 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 05:50 Sun · Navami until 06:48 Mon
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:06, then Purva Ashadha until 22:26 Sun
  • YogaVyatipata, Variyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 06:50, then Variyan until 05:56 Sun, then Parigha until 05:36 Mon
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 17:37 · Kaulava until 05:50 Sun · Taitila until 18:14 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:19The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:36Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 17 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:23Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise01:39Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday

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
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiSaturday 26 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 30 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:14 and 08:42.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.