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Tuesday, 1 March 2022

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 1:00 AM, Mar 02

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:50 AM

Sunset6:17 PM

Nakshatra until 3:47 AM, Mar 02

Avoid 3:25 PM – 4:51 PM

Auspicious 12:10 PM – 12:56 PM

Maha Shivaratri The great night of Shiva. Kept with a day-long fast, an all-night vigil in four watches, and abhisheka — the pouring of water, milk, honey and other substances over the Shiva linga. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:25 PM – 4:51 PM

9:42 AM – 11:07 AM

12:33 PM – 1:59 PM

9:07 AM – 10:39 AM, 4:45 PM – 6:17 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

Moonrise5:41 AM

Moonset5:01 PM

Parigha until 11:16 AM

Vishti

Mangalavara

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