Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 15 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:31, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 06:31 to 08:01. Gulika Kalam 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 11:47Moonrise 01:59

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 15 March 2012

Thursday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 18:15, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 15 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:31
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:31 to 08:01
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:30 to 11:00
  4. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.11:47
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.01:59 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:31 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waning MoonAshtami until 18:15 · Navami until 17:15 Fri
  • NakshatraMula, then Purva AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 04:54 Fri, then Purva Ashadha until 04:47 Sat
  • YogaSiddhi, then VyatipataOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 09:38, then Vyatipata until 07:31 Fri
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 06:55 · Kaulava until 18:15 · Taitila until 05:41 Fri · Gara until 17:15 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:31The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 59 min of daylight
  • Moonset11:47Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise01:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

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.

  • ashtamiThursday 15 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.