Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 14 March 2040A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:32, sunset 18:29. Yamaganda 08:01 to 09:31. Gulika Kalam 11:01 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 19:51Moonrise 07:28

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 14 March 2040

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwitiya until 04:38 Thu, then Tritiya.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 14 March

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

The day runs from sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:32
  2. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.07:28
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.08:01 to 09:31
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:01 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:29
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:51

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwitiya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:32 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwitiya, then TritiyaThe second and third lunar days of the waxing MoonDwitiya until 04:38 Thu · Tritiya until 04:20 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:33, then Revati until 14:28 Thu
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:06, then Brahma until 18:29 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 17:04 · Kaulava until 04:38 Thu · Taitila until 16:24 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:32The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:29Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 58 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:51Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise07:28Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraSiddharthiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 14 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiSaturday 24 MarchBreak the fast on Sunday between 06:19 and 08:46.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.