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Thursday, 21 March 1996
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 1:27 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset6:29 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:20 AM
Avoid
1:58 PM – 3:28 PM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:52 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 25 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 27 Mar
- Kamada Ekadashi in 9 days Sat, 30 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:58 PM – 3:28 PM
6:27 AM – 7:58 AM
9:28 AM – 10:58 AM
12:52 PM – 2:28 PM, 4:53 PM – 6:29 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
Moonrise7:27 AM
Moonset8:35 PM
Indra until 3:23 AM, Mar 22
Kaulava
Guruvara
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