Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2146A 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 22:05Moonrise 08:49

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 16 March 2146

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Chaturthi until 20:34, then Panchami.

Observed today Meena sankranti, chaturthi

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. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.08:49
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.11:00 to 12:30
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:30 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.18:30
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.22:05

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Chaturthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 06:30 to the next sunrise
  • TithiChaturthi, then PanchamiThe fourth and fifth lunar days of the waxing MoonChaturthi until 20:34 · Panchami until 21:57 Thu
  • NakshatraAshwini, then BharaniThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 11:33, then Bharani until 13:16 Thu
  • YogaIndra, then VaidhritiOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 18:02, then Vaidhriti until 17:57 Thu
  • KaranaVanija, Vishti, then BavaHalf of a lunar dayVanija until 08:06 · Vishti until 20:34 · Bava until 09:11 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 0 min of daylight
  • Moonset22:05Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise08:49Upper 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
  • SamvatsaraVishvavasuThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Meena sankrantiWednesday 16 March
  • chaturthiWednesday 16 March

Next Ekadashi

  • Amalaki EkadashiThursday 24 MarchBreak the fast on Friday between 06:20 and 08:46.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.