Day dial for New Delhi, Saturday 5 March 2061A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:42, sunset 18:24. Gulika Kalam 06:42 to 08:09. Rahu Kalam 09:37 to 11:05. Abhijit 12:09 to 12:56. Yamaganda 14:00 to 15:28.00061218Moonrise 17:38

Panchanga · New Delhi · Saturday 5 March 2061

Saturday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 11:16, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan, Purnima fast

Times forNew Delhi · 5 March

Rahu Kalam runs 09:37 to 11:05. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:42 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:42
  2. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.06:42 to 08:09
  3. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.09:37 to 11:05
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:09 to 12:56
  5. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.14:00 to 15:28
  6. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:38
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:24

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraShanivaraSaturday, the day of Saturn (Sa)From sunrise at 06:42 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 11:16 · Purnima until 11:25 Sun
  • NakshatraMagha, then Purva PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:16, then Purva Phalguni until 21:12 Sun
  • YogaSukarma, then DhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:50, then Dhriti until 17:55 Sun
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 11:16 · Vishti until 23:17 · Bava until 11:25 Sun

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:42The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:24Day hours end, night hours begin11 h 42 min of daylight
  • MoonsetNo moonsetOn some days the Moon does not rise, or does not set, between one midnight and the next
  • Moonrise17:38Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVikramaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Holika DahanSaturday 5 March
  • Purnima fastSaturday 5 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 17 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 13:42 and 18:31.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Friday 18 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Saturday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.