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Monday, 18 June 1956

What matters on this day

Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 4:54 AM, Jun 19

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:27 AM

Sunset7:16 PM

Nakshatra until 10:23 AM

Avoid 7:11 AM – 8:54 AM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:49 PM

Devshayani 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

7:11 AM – 8:54 AM

10:38 AM – 12:22 PM

2:05 PM – 3:49 PM

10:59 AM – 12:49 PM, 3:35 PM – 5:26 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:02 PM

Moonset1:49 AM

Parigha until 3:40 PM

Vanija

Somavara

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