Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 26 March 2025A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:18, sunset 18:36. Yamaganda 07:50 to 09:23. Gulika Kalam 10:55 to 12:27. Rahu Kalam 12:27 to 13:59.00061218Moonset 15:18Moonrise 04:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 26 March 2025

Wednesday is Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 01:43 Thu, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

Times forNew Delhi · 26 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:27 to 13:59. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:18 to the next sunrise.

    Times are local to the place you choose.

    1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:18
    2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:50 to 09:23
    3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:55 to 12:27
    4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:27 to 13:59
    5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.15:18
    6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:36
    7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.04:52 Thu

    Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

    The five limbs

    What the day is made of.

    • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:18 to the next sunrise
    • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 01:43 Thu · Trayodashi until 23:04 Thu
    • NakshatraDhanishtha, then ShatabhishaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:30 Thu, then Shatabhisha until 00:34 Fri
    • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 12:25, then Sadhya until 09:25 Thu
    • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 14:50 · Taitila until 01:43 Thu · Gara until 12:28 Thu

    Sun and Moon

    When the lights rise and set.

    • Sunrise06:18The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
    • Sunset18:36Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 18 min of daylight
    • Moonset15:18Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
    • Moonrise04:52Upper 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
    • SamvatsaraKrodhiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

    Observances

    The fasts ahead.

    • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Wednesday 26 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Thursday after sunrise.

    Next Ekadashi

    • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 8 AprilBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:03 and 08:34.
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    These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.