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Saturday, 30 March 1996

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 2:56 AM, Mar 31

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:17 AM

Sunset6:34 PM

Nakshatra until 5:35 AM, Mar 31

Avoid 9:21 AM – 10:53 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Kamada 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

9:21 AM – 10:53 AM

1:57 PM – 3:30 PM

6:17 AM – 7:49 AM

8:44 AM – 10:23 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

Moonrise2:27 PM

Moonset3:22 AM

Dhriti until 5:25 AM, Mar 31

Vanija

Shanivara

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