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Saturday, 15 March 2025

Chaitra · Krishna paksha · Vikram Samvat 2081 Calculated

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Sunrise 7:18 amDaySunset 7:39 pm
  • HoliThe festival of colours that welcomes spring.
  • Meena SankrantiThe Sun enters Meena.
Tithi at sunriseKrishna PratipadaFrom 14 Mar, 17:54 to 15 Mar, 20:03, then Dwitiya
NakshatraUttara Phalguni14 Mar, 11:49 → 15 Mar, 14:24
Moon100% illuminatedMoon–Sun elongation 186.2°
Sunrise07:18Sunset19:39Moonrise20:00Moonset07:53

Across the day

Sunrise 07:18 → next sunrise 07:19

At 07:19An ordinary hour
TithiDwitiya
NakshatraHasta

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Five limbs · पञ्च अङ्ग

The five limbs of the day

१VaraShanivara (Saturday)
२TithiKrishna Pratipada→ 20:03
३NakshatraUttara Phalguni→ 14:24
४YogaGanda→ 19:29
५KaranaKaulava→ 20:03
Yamaganda15:01–16:34Gulika kaal07:18–08:50Month (amanta)Phalguna

March 2025

Chaitra · Vikram Samvat 2081 · Melbourne
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Festivals, vrats and holidays in March 2025

  1. Amalaki EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 9 Mar · Shukla Ekadashi: 9 Mar, 13:15 GMT+11 → 10 Mar, 13:15 GMT+11
  2. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Shukla Trayodashi: 11 Mar, 13:44 GMT+11 → 12 Mar, 14:42 GMT+11
  3. Total lunar eclipseEclipses
    Visible here, 16:09 to 19:48 (peak 17:58). Sutak from 07:09: by tradition no cooking or eating until it ends, except for children, the elderly and the unwell.Eclipse 14 Mar, 16:09 GMT+11 → 14 Mar, 19:48 GMT+11 · sutak from 14 Mar, 07:09 GMT+11
  4. Holika DahanHindu festivals
    The bonfire on the eve of Holi, the victory of devotion over arrogance.Tithi begins 13 Mar · Purnima: 13 Mar, 16:06 GMT+11 → 14 Mar, 17:54 GMT+11
  5. Phalguna PurnimaVrats
    The full moon, for fasting, charity and Satyanarayan Katha.Tithi begins 13 Mar · Purnima: 13 Mar, 16:06 GMT+11 → 14 Mar, 17:54 GMT+11
  6. HoliHindu festivals
    The festival of colours that welcomes spring.Purnima: 13 Mar, 16:06 GMT+11 → 14 Mar, 17:54 GMT+11
  7. Meena SankrantiVrats
    The Sun enters Meena.Sun enters 15 Mar, 00:20 GMT+11
  8. Sankashti ChaturthiVrats
    A fast for Ganesha, broken after moonrise.Tithi begins 17 Mar · Krishna Chaturthi: 18 Mar, 01:03 GMT+11 → 19 Mar, 03:39 GMT+11
  9. Papamochani EkadashiVrats
    A fast for Vishnu on the eleventh lunar day.Tithi begins 25 Mar · Krishna Ekadashi: 25 Mar, 10:35 GMT+11 → 26 Mar, 09:15 GMT+11
  10. Pradosh VratVrats
    Shiva is worshipped at dusk on the thirteenth lunar day.Tithi begins 26 Mar · Krishna Trayodashi: 27 Mar, 07:13 GMT+11 → 28 Mar, 04:33 GMT+11
  11. Masik ShivaratriVrats
    The monthly night of Shiva.Tithi begins 27 Mar · Krishna Chaturdashi: 28 Mar, 04:33 GMT+11 → 29 Mar, 01:25 GMT+11
  12. Partial solar eclipseEclipses
    Not visible here, so no sutak applies.Not visible here
  13. Chaitra AmavasyaVrats
    The new moon, for remembering ancestors.Tithi begins 28 Mar · Amavasya: 29 Mar, 01:25 GMT+11 → 29 Mar, 21:58 GMT+11
  14. Chaitra Navratri beginsHindu festivals
    Nine nights of the Goddess; Ghatasthapana is done this morning.Tithi begins 29 Mar · Shukla Pratipada: 29 Mar, 21:58 GMT+11 → 30 Mar, 18:19 GMT+11
  15. Ugadi · Gudi PadwaRegional
    Hindu New Year in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra.Tithi begins 29 Mar · Shukla Pratipada: 29 Mar, 21:58 GMT+11 → 30 Mar, 18:19 GMT+11
  16. Eid al-FitrOther faithsExpected
    The end of the Ramadan fast.Expected date; it can move by a day with the moon sighting.

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