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Monday, 27 February 1978

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 6:59 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:52 AM

Sunset6:15 PM

Nakshatra until 2:21 PM

Avoid 8:18 AM – 9:43 AM

Auspicious 12:11 PM – 12:56 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:18 AM – 9:43 AM

11:08 AM – 12:34 PM

1:59 PM – 3:24 PM

11:25 AM – 12:56 PM, 3:13 PM – 4:44 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:31 PM

Moonset9:12 AM

Vriddhi until 10:52 PM

Balava

Somavara

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