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Thursday, 25 August 1949
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 6:16 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:47 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:28 PM
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:35 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:48 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 29 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 31 Aug
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 9 days Sat, 3 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:35 PM
5:59 AM – 7:35 AM
9:11 AM – 10:47 AM
12:48 PM – 2:31 PM, 5:04 PM – 6:47 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:56 AM
Moonset7:44 PM
Siddha until 11:25 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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