Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 30 March 2016A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:13, sunset 18:38. Yamaganda 07:46 to 09:20. Gulika Kalam 10:53 to 12:26. Rahu Kalam 12:26 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 10:40Moonrise 00:32

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 30 March 2016

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 07:22, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 30 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:26 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:13 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:13
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:46 to 09:20
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:40
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:53 to 12:26
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:26 to 13:59
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:38
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:32 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:13 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 07:22 · Saptami until 08:29 Thu
  • NakshatraJyeshtha, then MulaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:49, then Mula until 13:23 Thu
  • YogaVyatipata, then VariyanOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:12, then Variyan until 12:54 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 07:22 · Vishti until 20:00 · Bava until 08:29 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:13The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:38Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 25 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:40Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:32Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar 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.

  • shashthiWednesday 30 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.