Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2140A 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 15:46Moonrise 05:02

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2140

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Dwadashi until 14:19, then Trayodashi.

Observed today Meena sankranti, Pradosh

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.15:46
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.05:02 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Dwadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiDwadashi, then TrayodashiThe twelfth and thirteenth lunar days of the waning MoonDwadashi until 14:19 · Trayodashi until 11:55 Thu
  • NakshatraShravana, then DhanishthaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 12:38, then Dhanishtha until 11:00 Thu
  • YogaShiva, then SiddhaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 17:31, then Siddha until 14:19 Thu
  • KaranaTaitila, Gara, then VanijaHalf of a lunar dayTaitila until 14:19 · Gara until 01:12 Thu · Vanija until 11:55 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 begin12 h 1 min of daylight
  • Moonset15:46Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise05:02Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVikariThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 16 March
  • PradoshWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Kamada EkadashiTuesday 29 MarchBreak the fast on Wednesday between 06:14 and 08:42.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.