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Friday, 17 March 2056
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 2:25 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:31 AM
Sunset6:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:01 PM
Avoid
11:00 AM – 12:29 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Wed, 22 Mar
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Fri, 24 Mar
- Kamada Ekadashi in 10 days Mon, 27 Mar
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:00 AM – 12:29 PM
3:28 PM – 4:57 PM
8:01 AM – 9:30 AM
11:18 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:51 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:55 AM
Moonset7:32 PM
Shukla until 6:37 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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