Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 18 March 2020A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:27, sunset 18:31. Yamaganda 07:58 to 09:28. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 13:13Moonrise 03:30

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 18 March 2020

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dashami until 04:27 Thu, then Ekadashi.

Times forNew Delhi · 18 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:27 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:27
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:58 to 09:28
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:29
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:29 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.13:13
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:30 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dashami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:27 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDashami, then EkadashiThe tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonDashami until 04:27 Thu · Ekadashi until 06:00 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:01, then Uttara Ashadha until 14:50 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:47, then Parigha until 11:38 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 15:51 · Vishti until 04:27 Thu · Bava until 17:10 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:27The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:31Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 4 min of daylight
  • Moonset13:13Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:30Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVikariThe 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 EkadashiThursday 19 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 13:42 and 18:32.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Friday 20 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Saturday between 06:24 and 07:56.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.