Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 17 March 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonset 15:16Moonrise 04:39

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 17 March 2015

Tuesday is Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 01:56 Wed, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 17 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 17:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:30 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:16
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 17:00
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:39 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 01:56 Wed · Trayodashi until 22:28 Wed
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:15, then Dhanishtha until 17:38 Wed
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:21, then Siddha until 17:23 Wed
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 15:32 · Taitila until 01:56 Wed · Gara until 12:14 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:16Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise04:39Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 17 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 31 MarchBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:12 and 08:41.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.