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Thursday, 21 July 1949

What matters on this day

Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 5:04 AM, Jul 22

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:40 AM

Sunset7:14 PM

Nakshatra until 2:30 PM

Avoid 2:09 PM – 3:50 PM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:54 PM

Kamika 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

2:09 PM – 3:50 PM

5:40 AM – 7:21 AM

9:03 AM – 10:45 AM

12:54 PM – 2:42 PM, 5:25 PM – 7:14 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise1:20 AM

Moonset3:20 PM

Ganda until 11:21 AM

Bava

Guruvara

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