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Monday, 12 March 1956

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 7:06 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:38 AM

Sunset6:23 PM

Nakshatra until 3:39 AM, Mar 13

Avoid 8:06 AM – 9:34 AM

Auspicious 12:07 PM – 12:54 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

8:06 AM – 9:34 AM

11:03 AM – 12:31 PM

1:59 PM – 3:27 PM

11:20 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:15 PM – 4:49 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:20 AM

Moonset6:22 PM

Sadhya until 12:02 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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