Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 March 2117A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:29, sunset 18:31. Yamaganda 07:59 to 09:29. Gulika Kalam 10:59 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 06:27Moonrise 17:34

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 March 2117

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturdashi until 16:45, then Purnima.

Observed today Holika Dahan

Times forNew Delhi · 17 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:29
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:59 to 09:29
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.17:34
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:27 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturdashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturdashi, then PurnimaThe fourteenth and fifteenth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturdashi until 16:45 · Purnima until 12:57 Thu
  • NakshatraMagha, Purva Phalguni, then Uttara PhalguniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 07:18, then Purva Phalguni until 04:19 Thu, then Uttara Phalguni until 01:18 Fri
  • YogaDhriti, then ShulaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 10:52, then Shula until 06:35 Thu
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayGara until 06:37 · Vanija until 16:45 · Vishti until 02:51 Thu · Bava until 12:57 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:29The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:31Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 2 min of daylight
  • Moonset06:27Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise17:34Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraDhataThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Holika DahanWednesday 17 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiSunday 28 MarchBreak the fast on Monday between 07:58 and 08:43.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.