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Saturday, 5 March 2044

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 5:58 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:45 AM

Sunset6:20 PM

Nakshatra until 7:00 AM

Avoid 9:39 AM – 11:05 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:39 AM – 11:05 AM

1:59 PM – 3:26 PM

6:45 AM – 8:12 AM

9:04 AM – 10:36 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

Moonrise10:07 AM

MoonsetN/A

Vaidhriti until 3:08 AM, Mar 06

Kaulava

Shanivara

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