Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 20 March 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:26, sunset 18:32. Yamaganda 06:26 to 07:56. Gulika Kalam 09:27 to 10:58. Abhijit 12:05 to 12:53. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:31.00061218Moonset 08:30Moonrise 22:04

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 20 March 2014

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 23:43, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 20 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:31. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:26 to 07:56
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:30
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:27 to 10:58
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:05 to 12:53
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:31
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:32
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:04

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 23:43 · Panchami until 22:57 Fri
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:29, then Vishakha until 16:30 Fri
  • YogaVyaghata, then HarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:29, then Harshana until 10:54 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 11:57 · Balava until 23:43 · Kaulava until 11:23 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:32Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 7 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:30Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiThursday 20 March
  • Sankashti ChaturthiThursday 20 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:17 and 07:51.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.