Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2118A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:30, sunset 18:30. Yamaganda 08:00 to 09:30. Gulika Kalam 11:00 to 12:30. Rahu Kalam 12:30 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 12:55Moonrise 03:37

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2118

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Navami until 06:35, then Dashami.

Observed today Meena sankranti

Times forNew Delhi · 16 March

Rahu Kalam runs 12:30 to 14:00. 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.08:00 to 09:30
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  4. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  5. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.12:55
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:37 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Navami.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiNavami, then Dashami, then EkadashiThe ninth, tenth and eleventh lunar days of the waning MoonNavami until 06:35 · Dashami until 06:11 Thu · Ekadashi until 06:18 Fri
  • NakshatraPurva Ashadha, then Uttara AshadhaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 22:56, then Uttara Ashadha until 23:32 Thu
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 04:03 Thu, then Parigha until 02:59 Fri
  • KaranaGara, Vanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayGara until 06:35 · Vanija until 18:19 · Vishti until 06:11 Thu · Bava until 18:10 Thu

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
  • Moonset12:55Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:37Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiThursday 17 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 13:42 and 18:30.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Friday 18 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Saturday between 06:27 and 06:56.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.