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Sunday, 16 April 1978
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 8:34 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:26 AM, Apr 17
Avoid
5:07 PM – 6:43 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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- Kamada Ekadashi in 3 days Wed, 19 Apr
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Thu, 20 Apr
- Purnima in 7 days Sun, 23 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:07 PM – 6:43 PM
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
3:32 PM – 5:07 PM
1:37 PM – 3:19 PM, 5:01 PM – 6:43 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:24 PM
Moonset1:35 AM
Dhriti until 8:04 PM
Bava
Ravivara
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