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Saturday, 8 March 1975

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 7:23 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:43 AM

Sunset6:21 PM

Nakshatra until 3:44 AM, Mar 09

Avoid 9:37 AM – 11:05 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Vijaya 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

9:37 AM – 11:05 AM

1:59 PM – 3:26 PM

6:43 AM – 8:10 AM

9:03 AM – 10:36 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

Moonrise3:44 AM

Moonset2:27 PM

Variyan until 7:55 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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