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Monday, 16 March 1942

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 6:19 AM, Mar 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:34 AM

Sunset7:25 PM

Nakshatra until 7:28 AM, Mar 17

Avoid 9:03 AM – 10:32 AM

Auspicious 1:06 PM – 1:54 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

9:03 AM – 10:32 AM

12:01 PM – 1:30 PM

2:59 PM – 4:28 PM

12:19 PM – 1:54 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:51 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise7:01 AM

Moonset7:00 PM

Sadhya until 9:46 AM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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