Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 7 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:40, sunset 18:25. Yamaganda 08:08 to 09:36. Gulika Kalam 11:04 to 12:32. Rahu Kalam 12:32 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 06:09Moonrise 17:29

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 7 March 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 17:53, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan

Times forNew Delhi · 7 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:32 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:40 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:40
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:08 to 09:36
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:04 to 12:32
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:32 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:29
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:25
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:09 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:40 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 17:53 · Purnima until 15:09 Thu
  • NakshatraMagha, then Purva PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:15, then Purva Phalguni until 19:12 Thu
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 15:54, then Dhriti until 12:32 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayGara until 07:04 · Vanija until 17:53 · Vishti until 04:34 Thu · Bava until 15:09 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:40The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:25Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 45 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:09Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise17:29Upper 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.

  • Holika DahanWednesday 7 March

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.