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Monday, 16 March 1953
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 12:52 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:34 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:47 PM
Avoid
8:03 AM – 9:32 AM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 20 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sun, 22 Mar
- Kamada Ekadashi in 9 days Wed, 25 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:03 AM – 9:32 AM
11:01 AM – 12:30 PM
1:59 PM – 3:28 PM
11:19 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:51 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:58 AM
Moonset7:38 PM
Shukla until 6:13 PM
Bava
Somavara
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