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Thursday, 8 March 1956
What matters on this day
Magha Krishna Paksha until 2:21 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:42 AM
Sunset6:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:19 PM
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:26 PM
Auspicious
12:08 PM – 12:55 PM
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Fri, 9 Mar
- Somvati Amavasya in 4 days Mon, 12 Mar
- Chandra Darshan in 6 days Wed, 14 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:26 PM
6:42 AM – 8:10 AM
9:37 AM – 11:04 AM
12:55 PM – 2:28 PM, 4:48 PM – 6:21 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
Moonrise3:53 AM
Moonset2:39 PM
Variyan until 12:26 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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