Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2033A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 08:00 to 09:30. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonrise 18:52

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2033

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Purnima until 07:07, then Pratipada.

Observed today Holi

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.18:52

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Purnima.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPurnima, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waxing Moon, then the first of the waning MoonPurnima until 07:07 · Pratipada until 09:45 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Phalguni, then HastaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 00:29 Thu, then Hasta until 03:32 Fri
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 02:38 Thu, then Vriddhi until 03:36 Fri
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 07:07 · Balava until 20:26 · Kaulava until 09:45 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:30The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:30Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise18:52Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraParidhaviThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • HoliWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:16 and 08:44.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.