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Monday, 24 March 2014

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 6:14 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:24 AM

Sunset6:30 PM

Nakshatra until 2:09 PM

Avoid 7:55 AM – 9:26 AM

Auspicious 12:03 PM – 12:51 PM

KalashtamiAshtami The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

7:55 AM – 9:26 AM

10:56 AM – 12:27 PM

1:58 PM – 3:29 PM

11:15 AM – 12:51 PM, 3:17 PM – 4:53 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

Moonrise1:10 AM

Moonset11:46 AM

Variyan until 1:23 AM, Mar 25

Balava

Somavara

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