Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 8 March 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:39, sunset 18:26. Yamaganda 09:35 to 11:04. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:56. Gulika Kalam 12:32 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:29 to 16:57.00061218Moonset 17:46

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 8 March 2016

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 10:34, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 8 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:29 to 16:57. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:39 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:39
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:35 to 11:04
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:56
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:32 to 14:00
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:29 to 16:57
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:46
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:26

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:39 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 10:34 · Amavasya until 07:24 Wed
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:36, then Purva Bhadrapada until 21:02 Wed
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:44, then Sadhya until 12:54 Wed
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 10:34 · Chatushpada until 21:02 · Naga until 07:24 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:39The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:26Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 47 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:46Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonMagha when counted to the new moon
  • RituShishiraLate winter, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraManmathaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Darsha AmavasyaTuesday 8 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSaturday 19 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:25 and 08:50.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.