Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 21 March 2018A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:24, sunset 18:33. Yamaganda 07:55 to 09:26. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 22:20Moonrise 08:58

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 21 March 2018

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 15:29, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 21 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:29 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:24 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:24
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:55 to 09:26
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:58
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:29
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:33
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:20

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:24 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 15:29 · Panchami until 13:52 Thu
  • NakshatraBharani, then KrittikaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:01, then Krittika until 18:05 Thu
  • YogaVaidhriti, then VishkambhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:27, then Vishkambha until 11:01 Thu
  • KaranaVishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:29 · Bava until 02:42 Thu · Balava until 13:52 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:24The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:33Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 9 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:20Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:58Upper 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
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 21 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Wednesday between 07:00 and 08:44.
All festivals this year

Make my free kundli

These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.