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Saturday, 18 March 2023

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 11:14 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:31 AM

Sunset6:27 PM

Nakshatra until 12:29 AM, Mar 19

Avoid 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Papmochani EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

1:58 PM – 3:28 PM

6:31 AM – 8:01 AM

8:54 AM – 10:30 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

Moonrise3:52 AM

Moonset2:55 PM

Shiva until 11:53 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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