Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 23 March 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 18:34. Yamaganda 07:53 to 09:25. Gulika Kalam 10:56 to 12:28. Rahu Kalam 12:28 to 13:59.00061218Moonrise 18:33

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 23 March 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 17:31, then Pratipada.

Observed today Holi, Full moon, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 23 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:53 to 09:25
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:56 to 12:28
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:28 to 13:59
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:33
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:34

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 17:31 · Pratipada until 20:00 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Phalguni, then HastaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:07, then Hasta until 22:06 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:04, then Vriddhi until 08:55 Thu
  • KaranaBava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 17:31 · Balava until 06:44 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:34Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 13 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:33Upper 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.

  • HoliWednesday 23 March
  • Full moonWednesday 23 March
  • Purnima fastWednesday 23 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 3 AprilBreak the fast on Monday between 13:40 and 18:40.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 4 AprilFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.