Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 March 2066A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:31. Yamaganda 07:59 to 09:29. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 09:55Moonrise 00:28

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 March 2066

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 16:05, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 17 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. 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.07:59 to 09:29
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.09:55
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.00:28 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 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waning MoonShashthi until 16:05 · Saptami until 13:57 Thu
  • NakshatraAnuradha, then JyeshthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:59, then Jyeshtha until 18:36 Thu
  • YogaVajra, then SiddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 21:15, then Siddhi until 18:23 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 16:05 · Vishti until 03:00 Thu · Bava until 13:57 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:31Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 2 min of daylight
  • Moonset09:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise00:28Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraParthivaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 17 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 21 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday 23 Mar after sunrise.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Monday 22 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Tuesday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.