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Saturday, 2 March 2030

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 12:23 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:49 AM

Sunset6:17 PM

Nakshatra until 12:10 PM

Avoid 9:41 AM – 11:07 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Maha Shivaratri The great night of Shiva. Kept with a day-long fast, an all-night vigil in four watches, and abhisheka — the pouring of water, milk, honey and other substances over the Shiva linga. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:41 AM – 11:07 AM

1:59 PM – 3:25 PM

6:49 AM – 8:15 AM

9:06 AM – 10:38 AM

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

Moonrise5:24 AM

Moonset4:36 PM

Parigha until 4:28 PM

Vanija

Shanivara

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