Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 March 2019A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:26, sunset 18:32. Yamaganda 07:57 to 09:27. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 17:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 March 2019

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 10:45, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 20 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:26
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:57 to 09:27
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:58 to 12:29
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:52
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:32

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:26 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 10:45 · Purnima until 07:13 Thu
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 16:17, then Uttara Phalguni until 13:34 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 13:11, then Ganda until 09:07 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 10:45 · Vishti until 20:58 · Bava until 07:13 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:26The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:32Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 6 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:52Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Holika DahanWednesday 20 March
  • Purnima fastWednesday 20 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 31 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 13:41 and 18:38.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 1 AprilFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday between 06:11 and 08:38.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.