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Friday, 16 March 2029
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 12:13 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:14 PM
Avoid
11:00 AM – 12:29 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
The evening on which the new moon's crescent is first seen after Amavasya, low in the west shortly after sunset. Seeing it is held to be auspicious, and in many households the day's fast is broken only after the sighting.
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Ugadi
The first day of the lunar year for the Deccan and the west. The year's new panchanga is read, the Ugadi pachadi is eaten, and in Maharashtra the gudi is raised outside the house.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Wed, 21 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Fri, 23 Mar
- Rama Navami in 8 days Sat, 24 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:00 AM – 12:29 PM
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
8:02 AM – 9:31 AM
11:18 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:51 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
Moonrise7:00 AM
Moonset7:36 PM
Shukla until 8:49 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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