Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 1 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:46, sunset 18:21. Yamaganda 06:46 to 08:13. Gulika Kalam 09:40 to 11:07. Abhijit 12:10 to 12:57. Rahu Kalam 14:01 to 15:27.00061218Moonset 01:50Moonrise 11:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 1 March 2012

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 19:55, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 1 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:01 to 15:27. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:46 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:46
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:46 to 08:13
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:40 to 11:07
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.11:40
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:10 to 12:57
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:01 to 15:27
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:21
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.01:50 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:46 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 19:55 · Navami until 21:35 Fri
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:50, then Mrigashira until 22:00 Fri
  • YogaVishkambha, then PritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 00:38 Fri, then Priti until 00:44 Sat
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 06:51 · Bava until 19:55 · Balava until 08:50 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:46The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:21Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 35 min of daylight
  • Moonset01:50Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise11:40Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKharaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiThursday 1 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSunday 4 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:42 and 09:02.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.