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Friday, 20 March 1959
What matters on this day
Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 10:46 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:30 AM
Sunset6:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:39 AM
Avoid
10:59 AM – 12:29 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Amalaki Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 21 Mar
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Sun, 22 Mar
- Purnima in 4 days Tue, 24 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:59 AM – 12:29 PM
3:28 PM – 4:58 PM
7:59 AM – 9:29 AM
11:17 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:52 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
Moonrise1:57 PM
Moonset3:09 AM
Atiganda until 1:46 AM, Mar 21
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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