Day dial for New Delhi, Monday 5 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:42, sunset 18:24. Rahu Kalam 08:10 to 09:37. Yamaganda 11:05 to 12:33. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:56. Gulika Kalam 14:01 to 15:28.00061218Moonset 04:51Moonrise 15:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Monday 5 March 2012

Monday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 21:42, then Trayodashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 5 March

Rahu Kalam runs 08:10 to 09:37. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:42 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:42
  2. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:10 to 09:37
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.11:05 to 12:33
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:56
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.14:01 to 15:28
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:24
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:24
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:51 Tue

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraSomavaraMonday, the day of the Moon (Mo)From sunrise at 06:42 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 21:42 · Trayodashi until 20:07 Tue
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:49, then Ashlesha until 22:51 Tue
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:16, then Atiganda until 18:51 Tue
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:12 · Balava until 21:42 · Kaulava until 09:00 Tue

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:42The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:24Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 42 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:51Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityTuesday
  • Moonrise15:24Upper 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.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 18 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:27 and 08:51.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.