Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 29 March 2014A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:15, sunset 18:37. Gulika Kalam 06:15 to 07:48. Rahu Kalam 09:21 to 10:53. Abhijit 12:01 to 12:51. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:32.00061218Moonset 17:16Moonrise 05:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 29 March 2014

Saturday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 02:31 Sun, then Amavasya.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 29 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:21 to 10:53. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:15 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:15
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:15 to 07:48
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:21 to 10:53
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:01 to 12:51
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:32
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:16
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:37
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:40 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:15 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 02:31 Sun · Amavasya until 00:15 Mon
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:01 Sun, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 01:30 Mon
  • YogaShubha, Shukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:47, then Shukla until 05:33 Sun, then Brahma until 02:36 Mon
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:47 · Shakuni until 02:31 Sun · Chatushpada until 13:20 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:15The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:37Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 22 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:40Upper 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
  • 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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriSaturday 29 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiFriday 11 AprilBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:00 and 08:32.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.