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Saturday, 12 March 1966

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 5:05 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:38 AM

Sunset6:23 PM

Nakshatra until 5:19 AM, Mar 13

Avoid 9:35 AM – 11:03 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:35 AM – 11:03 AM

1:59 PM – 3:27 PM

6:38 AM – 8:07 AM

8:59 AM – 10:33 AM

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

MoonriseN/A

Moonset10:07 AM

Harshana until 2:36 PM

Vanija

Shanivara

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