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Friday, 20 March 1942
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 8:34 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:30 AM
Sunset7:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:35 AM
Avoid
11:59 AM – 1:29 PM
Auspicious
1:05 PM – 1:53 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Mon, 23 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 25 Mar
- Kamada Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 28 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:59 AM – 1:29 PM
4:28 PM – 5:58 PM
8:59 AM – 10:29 AM
12:17 PM – 1:53 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:52 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise9:15 AM
Moonset10:44 PM
Vaidhriti until 7:11 AM, Mar 21
Gara
Shukravara
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