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Thursday, 22 March 1956

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 2:54 AM, Mar 23

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:27 AM

Sunset6:29 PM

Nakshatra until 7:39 PM

Avoid 1:58 PM – 3:29 PM

Auspicious 12:04 PM – 12:52 PM

Amalaki EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:58 PM – 3:29 PM

6:27 AM – 7:57 AM

9:27 AM – 10:58 AM

12:52 PM – 2:28 PM, 4:53 PM – 6:29 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:15 PM

Moonset3:19 AM

Atiganda until 11:15 AM

Vanija

Guruvara

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