Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2039A 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 14:00.00061218Moonset 10:32Moonrise 00:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2039

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 06:40, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

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. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.10:32
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:44 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then Saptami, then AshtamiThe sixth, seventh and eighth lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 06:40 · Saptami until 04:34 Thu · Ashtami until 02:46 Fri
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:02, then Jyeshtha until 11:44 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 16:28, then Siddhi until 13:42 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 06:40 · Vishti until 17:35 · Bava until 04:34 Thu · Balava until 15:38 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 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset10:32Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:44Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKalayuktaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 20 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:25 and 08:50.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.