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Thursday, 26 March 2026
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 11:49 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:22 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:19 PM
Avoid
1:58 PM – 3:29 PM
Auspicious
12:02 PM – 12:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night.
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Annapurna Puja (Basanti Ashtami)
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
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Rama Navami
The birth of Rama, at noon in Ayodhya. It closes Chaitra Navaratri. Kept with recitation of the Ramayana, a midday birth ceremony, and in many regions a procession.
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Coming up
- Kamada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 29 Mar
- Som Pradosh in 4 days Mon, 30 Mar
- Mahavir Jayanti in 5 days Tue, 31 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:58 PM – 3:29 PM
6:22 AM – 7:53 AM
9:24 AM – 10:55 AM
12:51 PM – 2:28 PM, 4:54 PM – 6:31 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
Moonrise12:04 PM
Moonset1:26 AM
Shobhana until 12:31 AM, Mar 27
Bava
Guruvara
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