Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 15 March 2085A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 06:30 to 08:00. Gulika Kalam 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Rahu Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 08:18Moonrise 22:14

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 15 March 2085

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 20:57, then Panchami.

Observed today Meena sankranti, chaturthi

Times forNew Delhi · 15 March

Rahu Kalam runs 14:00 to 15:30. 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.06:30 to 08:00
  3. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.08:18
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:30 to 11:00
  5. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.22:14

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturthi until 20:57 · Panchami until 20:43 Fri
  • NakshatraSwati, then VishakhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 23:21, then Vishakha until 23:42 Fri
  • YogaVyaghata, then HarshanaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 03:41 Fri, then Harshana until 02:16 Sat
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 08:55 · Balava until 20:57 · Kaulava until 08:53 Fri

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 begin11 h 59 min of daylight
  • Moonset08:18Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise22:14Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiThursday 15 March
  • chaturthiThursday 15 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 22 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:22 and 07:20.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.