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Tuesday, 9 April 1940
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 5:51 AM, Apr 10
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:06 AM
Sunset6:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:47 PM
Avoid
3:31 PM – 5:05 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:48 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 14 Apr
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Tue, 16 Apr
- Kamada Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 18 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:31 PM – 5:05 PM
9:14 AM – 10:48 AM
12:23 PM – 1:57 PM
8:37 AM – 10:17 AM, 4:59 PM – 6:39 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:45 AM
Moonset8:09 PM
Vishkumbha until 9:28 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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