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Tuesday, 16 March 2021
What matters on this day
Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 8:59 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:30 AM, Mar 17
Avoid
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Fri, 19 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Mon, 22 Mar
- Amalaki Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 25 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
9:31 AM – 11:00 AM
12:30 PM – 1:59 PM
8:56 AM – 10:31 AM, 4:51 PM – 6:26 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
Moonrise7:59 AM
Moonset9:11 PM
Brahma until 8:13 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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