Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 25 March 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:20, sunset 18:35. Yamaganda 07:52 to 09:24. Gulika Kalam 10:56 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 23:52Moonrise 10:04

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 25 March 2015

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 00:53 Thu, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 25 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:28 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:20 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:20
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:52 to 09:24
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:04
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:56 to 12:28
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:35
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.23:52

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:20 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 00:53 Thu · Saptami until 00:54 Fri
  • NakshatraRohini, then MrigashiraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 01:57 Thu, then Mrigashira until 02:38 Fri
  • YogaPriti, then AyushmanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:23, then Ayushman until 11:57 Thu
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 13:10 · Taitila until 00:53 Thu · Gara until 12:48 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:20The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:35Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 15 min of daylight
  • Moonset23:52Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise10:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 25 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 31 MarchBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:12 and 08:41.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.