Day dial for New Delhi, Tuesday 16 March 2106A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 09:30 to 11:00. Abhijit 12:06 to 12:54. Gulika Kalam 12:30 to 14:00. Rahu Kalam 15:30 to 17:00.00061218Moonset 04:29Moonrise 15:13

Panchanga · New Delhi · Tuesday 16 March 2106

Tuesday is Amalaki Ekadashi (Vaishnava), a day for fasting.

Dwadashi until 04:22 Wed, then Trayodashi. Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 15:30 to 17:00. 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.09:30 to 11:00
  3. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.15:13
  6. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.15:30 to 17:00
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.04:29 Wed

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraMangalavaraTuesday, the day of Mars (Ma)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonDwadashi until 04:22 Wed · Trayodashi until 02:35 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 14:47, then Ashlesha until 13:35 Wed
  • YogaAtiganda, then SukarmaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 20:00, then Sukarma until 17:19 Wed
  • KaranaBava, Balava, then KaulavaHalf of a lunar dayBava until 17:20 · Balava until 04:22 Wed · Kaulava until 15:27 Wed

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
  • Moonset04:29Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityWednesday
  • Moonrise15:13Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraKrodhanaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Amalaki Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 16 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday after sunrise.
  • Meena sankrantiTuesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiWednesday 31 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 06:12 and 08:41.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.