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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 â 3:29 PM
Auspicious
12:02 PM â 12:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Annapurna Puja (Basanti Ashtami)
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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.
Why today, and how to observe it â
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 â 3:29 PM
6:22 AM â 7:53 AM
9:24 AM â 10:55 AM
12:51 PM â 2:28 PM, 4:54 PM â 6:31 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:04 PM
Moonset1:26 AM
Shobhana until 12:31 AM, Mar 27
Bava
Guruvara
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