Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 31 March 2012A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:12, sunset 18:39. Gulika Kalam 06:12 to 07:46. Rahu Kalam 09:19 to 10:52. Abhijit 12:01 to 12:50. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:32.00061218Moonset 02:01Moonrise 12:10

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 31 March 2012

Saturday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 13:42, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 31 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:19 to 10:52. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:12 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:12
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:12 to 07:46
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:19 to 10:52
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:01 to 12:50
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:10
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:32
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:39
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:01 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:12 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 13:42 · Navami until 14:08 Sun
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:59, then Punarvasu until 09:12 Sun
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 07:50, then Atiganda until 07:16 Sun
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 13:42 · Balava until 02:02 Sun · Kaulava until 14:08 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:12The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:39Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 26 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:01Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise12:10Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNandanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • ashtamiSaturday 31 March

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.