Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 9 March 2013A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:38, sunset 18:26. Gulika Kalam 06:38 to 08:06. Rahu Kalam 09:35 to 11:03. Abhijit 12:08 to 12:55. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:29.00061218Moonset 16:06Moonrise 05:15

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 9 March 2013

Saturday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 04:04 Sun, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 9 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:35 to 11:03. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:38
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:38 to 08:06
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:35 to 11:03
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:08 to 12:55
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:29
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:06
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:26
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:15 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waning MoonTrayodashi until 04:04 Sun · Chaturdashi until 02:30 Mon
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:06, then Dhanishtha until 13:03 Sun
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:38 Sun, then Siddha until 01:11 Mon
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 16:58 · Vanija until 04:04 Sun · Vishti until 15:15 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:38The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:26Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 48 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:06Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:15Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraNandanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • PradoshSaturday 9 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSaturday 23 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:21 and 08:47.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.