Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 16 March 2017A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 06:30 to 08:00. Gulika Kalam 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 08:46Moonrise 21:55

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 16 March 2017

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 01:11 Fri, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi, Sankashti Chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:30. 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.06:30 to 08:00
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:46
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:30 to 11:00
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.21:55

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 01:11 Fri · Panchami until 03:26 Sat
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:35 Fri, then Vishakha until 03:19 Sat
  • YogaVyaghata, then HarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:31 Fri, then Harshana until 03:12 Sat
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 12:11 · Balava until 01:11 Fri · Kaulava until 14:17 Fri

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 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:46Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise21:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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
  • SamvatsaraDurmukhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiThursday 16 March
  • Sankashti ChaturthiThursday 16 March

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.