Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:24, sunset 18:33. Yamaganda 07:55 to 09:26. Gulika Kalam 10:57 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 17:34Moonrise 05:51

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 March 2012

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 18:38, then Amavasya.

Times forNew Delhi · 21 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:55 to 09:26
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:57 to 12:28
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:34
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:33
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:51 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 18:38 · Amavasya until 20:07 Thu
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 08:25, then Purva Bhadrapada until 10:18 Thu
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:59 Thu, then Shukla until 02:10 Fri
  • KaranaShakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 18:38 · Chatushpada until 07:19 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:33Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 9 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:34Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:51Upper 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.

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

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 3 AprilBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:08 and 08:38.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.