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Saturday, 28 September 1940

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 7:19 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:16 AM

Sunset6:07 PM

Nakshatra until 5:43 PM

Avoid 9:13 AM – 10:42 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Indira EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

9:13 AM – 10:42 AM

1:40 PM – 3:09 PM

6:16 AM – 7:44 AM

8:38 AM – 10:13 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:22 AM

Moonset4:02 PM

Siddha until 2:20 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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