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Monday, 20 March 1939

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 7:19 AM, Mar 21

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:30 AM

Sunset6:28 PM

Nakshatra until 1:03 AM, Mar 21

Avoid 8:00 AM – 9:29 AM

Auspicious 12:05 PM – 12:53 PM

Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:00 AM – 9:29 AM

10:59 AM – 12:29 PM

1:58 PM – 3:28 PM

11:17 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:52 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:56 AM

Moonset5:59 PM

Shubha until 7:43 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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