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Tuesday, 16 July 1974
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 6:10 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:37 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:51 AM, Jul 17
Avoid
3:51 PM â 5:34 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 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 â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Wed, 17 Jul
- Amavasya in 3 days Fri, 19 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Sat, 20 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:51 PM â 5:34 PM
9:02 AM â 10:44 AM
12:27 PM â 2:09 PM
8:21 AM â 10:10 AM, 5:27 PM â 7:16 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:02 AM
Moonset4:14 PM
Ganda until 9:30 AM
Balava
Mangalavara
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