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Thursday, 18 May 1944

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 9:27 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:32 AM

Sunset8:02 PM

Nakshatra until 9:50 PM

Avoid 2:58 PM – 4:39 PM

Auspicious 12:50 PM – 1:44 PM

Apara 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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:58 PM – 4:39 PM

6:32 AM – 8:14 AM

9:55 AM – 11:36 AM

1:44 PM – 3:32 PM, 6:14 PM – 8:02 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:36 AM

Moonset4:06 PM

Vishkumbha until 9:38 AM

Bava

Guruvara

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