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Saturday, 21 April 1956

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 10:23 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:53 AM

Sunset6:46 PM

Nakshatra until 10:21 PM

Avoid 9:06 AM – 10:43 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Kamada 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

9:06 AM – 10:43 AM

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

5:53 AM – 7:30 AM

8:28 AM – 10:11 AM

These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →

Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:19 PM

Moonset3:25 AM

Vriddhi until 8:50 AM

Vishti

Shanivara

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