Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 15 March 2056A 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 17:44

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 15 March 2056

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 10:37, then Amavasya.

Observed today Darsha Amavasya

Times forNew Delhi · 15 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. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:44
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 10:37 · Amavasya until 12:23 Thu
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 13:09, then Purva Bhadrapada until 15:27 Thu
  • YogaSadhya, then ShubhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:43, then Shubha until 18:04 Thu
  • KaranaShakuni, Chatushpada, then NagaHalf of a lunar dayShakuni until 10:37 · Chatushpada until 23:28 · Naga until 12:23 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
  • Moonset17:44Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • MoonriseNo moonriseOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next

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
  • SamvatsaraYuvaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Darsha AmavasyaWednesday 15 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiMonday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:41 and 18:37.
  • Kamada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 28 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.