Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 23 March 2088A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:21, sunset 18:35. Yamaganda 09:24 to 10:56. Abhijit 12:03 to 12:52. Gulika Kalam 12:28 to 13:59. Rahu Kalam 15:31 to 17:03.00061218Moonset 19:05

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 23 March 2088

Tuesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 03:27 Wed, then Dwitiya.

Observed today Gudi Padwa, Ugadi

Times forNew Delhi · 23 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:31 to 17:03. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:21
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.09:24 to 10:56
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:03 to 12:52
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:28 to 13:59
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:31 to 17:03
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:35
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.19:05

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:21 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waxing MoonPratipada until 03:27 Wed · Dwitiya until 01:06 Thu
  • NakshatraUttara Bhadrapada, then RevatiThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:52, then Revati until 18:19 Wed
  • YogaShukla, then BrahmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:07, then Brahma until 08:13 Wed
  • KaranaKimstughna, Bava, then BalavaHalf of a lunar dayKimstughna until 16:32 · Bava until 03:27 Wed · Balava until 14:18 Wed

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:21The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:35Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 14 min of daylight
  • Moonset19:05Upper 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.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaChaitraLunar month, counted to the full moonChaitra when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraKilakaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Gudi PadwaTuesday 23 March
  • UgadiTuesday 23 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiThursday 1 AprilBreak the fast on Saturday 3 Apr after sunrise.
  • Kamada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Friday 2 AprilFollowers 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.