Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 17 March 2128A 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 06:41Moonrise 19:04

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 17 March 2128

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Pratipada until 02:01 Thu, then Dwitiya.

Observed today Holi

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. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.06:41
  3. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:59 to 09:29
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:59 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:31
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.19:04

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Pratipada.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:29 to the next sunrise
  • TithiPratipada, then DwitiyaThe first and second lunar days of the waning MoonPratipada until 02:01 Thu · Dwitiya until 00:13 Fri
  • NakshatraUttara Phalguni, then HastaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 19:17, then Hasta until 18:17 Thu
  • YogaGanda, then VriddhiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 22:05, then Vriddhi until 19:31 Thu
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 14:47 · Kaulava until 02:01 Thu · Taitila until 13:10 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
  • Moonset06:41Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise19:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

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

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • HoliWednesday 17 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Papmochani EkadashiFriday 26 MarchBreak the fast on Saturday between 13:41 and 18:36.
  • Papmochani Ekadashi (Vaishnava)Saturday 27 MarchFollowers of the Vaishnava tradition (ISKCON and others) keep this Ekadashi one day later.Break the fast on Sunday after sunrise.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.