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Friday, 20 March 2026
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 2:31 AM, Mar 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset6:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:27 AM, Mar 21
Avoid
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:52 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Tue, 24 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Thu, 26 Mar
- Annapurna Puja (Basanti Ashtami) in 6 days Thu, 26 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM
3:28 PM – 4:58 PM
7:59 AM – 9:29 AM
11:16 AM – 12:52 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:52 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:06 AM
Moonset8:01 PM
Brahma until 10:15 PM
Balava
Shukravara
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