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Monday, 15 March 2010

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 2:31 AM, Mar 16

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:35 AM

Sunset6:25 PM

Nakshatra until 6:47 AM, Mar 16

Avoid 8:03 AM – 9:32 AM

Auspicious 12:06 PM – 12:54 PM

Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:03 AM – 9:32 AM

11:01 AM – 12:30 PM

1:59 PM – 3:27 PM

11:19 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:50 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

Moonrise6:08 AM

Moonset6:07 PM

Sadhya until 10:02 AM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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