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Tuesday, 3 March 2026

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 5:07 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset6:18 PM

Nakshatra until 7:31 AM

Avoid 3:25 PM – 4:52 PM

Auspicious 12:10 PM – 12:56 PM

Holi Two linked observances. On the first evening a bonfire (Holika Dahan) is lit and circumambulated. The next morning is the play with dry and wet colour that the festival is known for outside India. Why today, and how to observe it →

Observed elsewhere today

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Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:25 PM – 4:52 PM

9:40 AM – 11:07 AM

12:33 PM – 1:59 PM

9:06 AM – 10:38 AM, 4:46 PM – 6:18 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

Moonrise6:21 PM

Moonset6:32 AM

Sukarma until 10:24 AM

Bava

Mangalavara

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