Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 March 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:28, sunset 18:31. Yamaganda 07:58 to 09:29. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 16:23Moonrise 05:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 March 2015

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Trayodashi until 22:28, then Chaturdashi.

Observed today Monthly Shivaratri, Pradosh

Times forNew Delhi · 18 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:28 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:28
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:58 to 09:29
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:23
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:25 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Trayodashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:28 to the next sunrise
  • TithiTrayodashi, then ChaturdashiThe thirteenth and fourteenth lunar days of the waning MoonTrayodashi until 22:28 · Chaturdashi until 18:48 Thu
  • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:38, then Shatabhisha until 14:47 Thu
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:23, then Sadhya until 13:14 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, then VishtiHalf of a lunar dayGara until 12:14 · Vanija until 22:28 · Vishti until 08:39 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:28The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:31Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 3 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:23Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:25Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

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.

  • Monthly ShivaratriWednesday 18 March
  • PradoshWednesday 18 March

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.