Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 9 March 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:38, sunset 18:26. Yamaganda 06:38 to 08:06. Gulika Kalam 09:35 to 11:03. Abhijit 12:08 to 12:56. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:29.00061218Moonset 04:59Moonrise 15:24

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 9 March 2017

Thursday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 21:40, then Trayodashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 9 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:29. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:38
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:38 to 08:06
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:35 to 11:03
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:08 to 12:56
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:29
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:24
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:26
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:59 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:38 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 21:40 · Trayodashi until 20:50 Fri
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 17:12, then Ashlesha until 16:58 Fri
  • YogaShobhana, then AtigandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:59, then Atiganda until 07:00 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 10:12 · Balava until 21:40 · Kaulava until 09:12 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:38The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:26Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 48 min of daylight
  • Moonset04:59Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday
  • Moonrise15:24Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • No major festival or fast falls on this day in New Delhi.

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiFriday 24 MarchBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:20 and 08:46.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.