Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 16 March 2113A 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 17:06Moonrise 06:25

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 16 March 2113

Thursday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 01:25 Fri, then Amavasya.

Observed today Meena sankranti, Monthly Shivaratri

Times forNew Delhi · 16 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. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:30 to 11:00
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.12:06 to 12:54
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.14:00 to 15:30
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.17:06
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.06:25 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then AmavasyaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waning MoonChaturdashi until 01:25 Fri · Amavasya until 21:37 Fri
  • NakshatraShatabhisha, then Purva BhadrapadaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 03:28 Fri, then Purva Bhadrapada until 00:25 Sat
  • YogaSiddha, then SadhyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 11:23, then Sadhya until 07:14 Fri
  • KaranaVishti, Shakuni, then ChatushpadaHalf of a lunar dayVishti until 15:14 · Shakuni until 01:25 Fri · Chatushpada until 11:33 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 begin12 h 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset17:06Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise06:25Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiThursday 16 March
  • Monthly ShivaratriThursday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiMonday 27 MarchBreak the fast on Tuesday between 13:41 and 18:36.
  • Kamada Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Tuesday 28 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Wednesday between 06:16 and 07:01.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.