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Tuesday, 24 March 2026
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 4:08 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:24 AM
Sunset6:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:05 PM
Avoid
3:29 PM – 5:00 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:51 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 26 Mar
- Annapurna Puja (Basanti Ashtami) in 2 days Thu, 26 Mar
- Rama Navami in 2 days Thu, 26 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:29 PM – 5:00 PM
9:26 AM – 10:56 AM
12:27 PM – 1:58 PM
8:49 AM – 10:26 AM, 4:53 PM – 6:30 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
Moonrise10:05 AM
MoonsetN/A
Priti until 9:07 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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