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Monday, 5 March 2057

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 4:54 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:45 AM

Sunset6:19 PM

Nakshatra until 3:36 PM

Avoid 8:12 AM – 9:39 AM

Auspicious 12:09 PM – 12:55 PM

Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:12 AM – 9:39 AM

11:05 AM – 12:32 PM

1:59 PM – 3:26 PM

11:23 AM – 12:55 PM, 3:14 PM – 4:47 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

Moonrise6:30 AM

Moonset6:23 PM

Siddha until 2:29 PM

Naga

Somavara

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