Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:32, sunset 18:29. Yamaganda 08:02 to 09:31. Gulika Kalam 11:01 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 10:48Moonrise 01:05

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 March 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Saptami until 19:43, then Ashtami.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 14 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:32
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:02 to 09:31
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:48
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:01 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.01:05 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Saptami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise
  • TithiSaptami, then AshtamiThe seventh and eighth lunar days of the waning MoonSaptami until 19:43 · Ashtami until 18:15 Thu
  • NakshatraJyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 05:28 Thu, then Mula until 04:54 Fri
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:06, then Siddhi until 09:38 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 08:37 · Bava until 19:43 · Balava until 06:55 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:32The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 57 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:48Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise01:05Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 14 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.