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Saturday, 17 February 1951

What matters on this day

Magha Shukla Paksha until 10:47 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:02 AM

Sunset6:08 PM

Nakshatra until 4:36 AM, Feb 18

Avoid 9:49 AM – 11:12 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Jaya 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

9:49 AM – 11:12 AM

1:58 PM – 3:21 PM

7:02 AM – 8:25 AM

9:15 AM – 10:44 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:06 PM

Moonset3:34 AM

Priti until 7:04 AM, Feb 18

Vanija

Shanivara

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