Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 March 2021A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:31. Yamaganda 07:59 to 09:29. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 22:02Moonrise 08:43

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 March 2021

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 23:29, then Panchami.

Observed today chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 17 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:59 to 09:29
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:43
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:02

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 23:29 · Panchami until 02:10 Fri
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:31, then Bharani until 10:35 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:58, then Vaidhriti until 09:56 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 10:12 · Vishti until 23:29 · Bava until 12:49 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:31Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 2 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:02Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:43Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraSharvariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • chaturthiWednesday 17 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiThursday 25 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:19 and 08:21.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.