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Saturday, 20 February 2016

What matters on this day

Magha Shukla Paksha until 9:46 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:59 AM

Sunset6:10 PM

Nakshatra until 3:59 AM, Feb 21

Avoid 9:47 AM – 11:11 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shani PradoshPradosh The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:47 AM – 11:11 AM

1:59 PM – 3:22 PM

6:59 AM – 8:23 AM

9:13 AM – 10:43 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

Moonrise4:05 PM

Moonset5:13 AM

Saubhagya until 2:17 AM, Feb 21

Kaulava

Shanivara

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