Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 28 March 2015A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:17, sunset 18:37. Gulika Kalam 06:17 to 07:49. Rahu Kalam 09:22 to 10:54. Abhijit 12:02 to 12:51. Yamaganda 13:59 to 15:32.00061218Moonset 02:19Moonrise 12:39

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 28 March 2015

Saturday in New Delhi.

Navami until 03:10 Sun, then Dashami.

Observed today Rama Navami

Times forNew Delhi · 28 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:22 to 10:54. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:17 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:17
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:17 to 07:49
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:22 to 10:54
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:02 to 12:51
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:39
  6. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.13:59 to 15:32
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:37
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:19 Sun

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:17 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 03:10 Sun · Dashami until 05:10 Mon
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 06:09 Sun, then Pushya until 08:44 Mon
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:54, then Atiganda until 11:09 Sun
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 14:21 · Kaulava until 03:10 Sun · Taitila until 16:06 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:17The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:37Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 20 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:19Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the citySunday
  • Moonrise12:39Upper 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.

  • Rama NavamiSaturday 28 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.