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Monday, 9 March 1959

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 4:21 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:42 AM

Sunset6:21 PM

Nakshatra until 7:04 AM

Avoid 8:10 AM – 9:37 AM

Auspicious 12:08 PM – 12:55 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

8:10 AM – 9:37 AM

11:04 AM – 12:32 PM

1:59 PM – 3:26 PM

11:22 AM – 12:55 PM, 3:15 PM – 4:48 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

Moonrise6:29 AM

Moonset6:26 PM

Sadhya until 10:53 PM

Naga

Somavara

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