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Thursday, 16 March 1972
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 1:39 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:18 PM
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:28 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:28 PM
6:33 AM – 8:02 AM
9:31 AM – 11:01 AM
12:53 PM – 2:28 PM, 4:51 PM – 6:26 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:56 AM
Moonset7:36 PM
Shukla until 6:30 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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