Day dial for New Delhi, Monday 16 March 2122A 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 02:42Moonrise 12:26

Panchanga · New Delhi · Monday 16 March 2122

Monday in New Delhi.

Navami until 23:41, then Dashami.

Observed today Meena sankranti

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. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.12:26
  6. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.14:00 to 15:30
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  8. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.02:42 Tue

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Navami.

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
  • TithiNavami, then DashamiThe ninth and tenth lunar days of the waxing MoonNavami until 23:41 · Dashami until 00:13 Wed
  • NakshatraArdra, then PunarvasuThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 02:48 Tue, then Punarvasu until 04:01 Wed
  • YogaAyushman, then SaubhagyaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:49, then Saubhagya until 07:48 Tue
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 11:39 · Kaulava until 23:41 · Taitila until 11:53 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
  • Moonset02:42Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityTuesday
  • Moonrise12:26Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVrishaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiMonday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiWednesday 18 MarchBreak the fast on Thursday between 07:40 and 08:51.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.