Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 20 March 2024A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:25, sunset 18:33. Yamaganda 07:56 to 09:27. Gulika Kalam 10:58 to 12:29. Rahu Kalam 12:29 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 04:24Moonrise 14:15

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 20 March 2024

Wednesday is Amalaki Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 02:23 Thu, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Thursday between 13:42 and 18:33.

Times forNew Delhi · 20 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:25 to the next sunrise.

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:25
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:56 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.14:15
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:33
    7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:24 Thu

    Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Ekadashi.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:25 to the next sunrise
    • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waxing MoonEkadashi until 02:23 Thu · Dwadashi until 04:45 Fri
    • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:38, then Ashlesha until 01:27 Fri
    • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:00, then Sukarma until 17:42 Thu
    • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 13:20 · Vishti until 02:23 Thu · Bava until 15:32 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise06:25The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset18:33Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 8 min of daylight
    • Moonset04:24Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
    • Moonrise14:15Upper 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
    • SamvatsaraShobhakritThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

    Observances

    The fasts ahead.

    • Amalaki EkadashiWednesday 20 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 13:42 and 18:33.

    Next Ekadashi

    • Papmochani EkadashiFriday 5 AprilBreak the fast on Saturday between 06:06 and 08:36.
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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.