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Tuesday, 18 March 1997
What matters on this day
Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 9:50 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:31 AM
Sunset6:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:54 PM
Avoid
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Amalaki Ekadashi tomorrow Wed, 19 Mar
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Fri, 21 Mar
- Purnima in 6 days Mon, 24 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
12:29 PM – 1:59 PM
8:54 AM – 10:30 AM, 4:52 PM – 6:27 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
Moonrise1:31 PM
Moonset2:51 AM
Shobhana until 6:16 PM
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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