Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 08:00 to 09:30. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 02:08Moonrise 12:17

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Ashtami until 10:03, then Navami.

Observed today ashtami

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  4. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:17
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:08 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ashtami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAshtami, then NavamiThe eighth and ninth lunar days of the waxing MoonAshtami until 10:03 · Navami until 09:32 Thu
  • NakshatraMrigashira, then ArdraThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:47, then Ardra until 07:52 Thu
  • YogaAyushman, then SaubhagyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:15, then Saubhagya until 08:41 Thu
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:03 · Balava until 21:43 · Kaulava until 09:32 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • Moonset02:08Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise12:17Upper 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
  • MasaPhalgunaLunar month, counted to the full moonPhalguna 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.

  • ashtamiWednesday 16 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.