Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 March 2060A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 09:29 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonrise 17:54

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 March 2060

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 06:54, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 17:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:29 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 14:00
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 17:00
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:54
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 06:54 · Purnima until 09:11 Wed
  • NakshatraPurva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 21:13, then Uttara Phalguni until 00:07 Thu
  • YogaShula, then GandaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 23:28, then Ganda until 00:19 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 06:54 · Vishti until 20:01 · Bava until 09:11 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The 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
  • Moonrise17:54Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraPramathiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Holika DahanTuesday 16 March
  • Purnima fastTuesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 28 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 06:15 and 08:42.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.