Day dial for New Delhi, Monday 16 March 2105A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Rahu Kalam 08:00 to 09:30. Yamaganda 11:00 to 12:30. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 14:00 to 15:30.00061218Moonset 18:40

Panchanga · New Delhi · Monday 16 March 2105

Monday in New Delhi.

Amavasya until 13:38, then Pratipada.

Observed today Meena sankranti, New moon

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 08:00 to 09:30. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:30
  2. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.08:00 to 09:30
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.11:00 to 12:30
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  5. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.14:00 to 15:30
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.18:40

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Amavasya.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraSomavaraMonday, the day of the Moon (Mo)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiAmavasya, then PratipadaThe fifteenth lunar day of the waning Moon, then the first of the waxing MoonAmavasya until 13:38 · Pratipada until 10:32 Tue
  • NakshatraPurva Bhadrapada, then Uttara BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 18:38, then Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:15 Tue
  • YogaShubha, then ShuklaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:59, then Shukla until 19:13 Tue
  • KaranaNaga, Kimstughna, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayNaga until 13:38 · Kimstughna until 00:07 Tue · Bava until 10:32 Tue

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 begin12 h 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset18:40Upper 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.

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiMonday 16 March
  • New moonMonday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Padmini EkadashiThursday 26 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:18 and 08:45.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.