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Sunday, 8 April 1979

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 12:02 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:08 AM

Sunset6:38 PM

Nakshatra until 2:17 AM, Apr 09

Avoid 5:04 PM – 6:38 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:48 PM

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

5:04 PM – 6:38 PM

12:23 PM – 1:57 PM

3:31 PM – 5:04 PM

1:38 PM – 3:18 PM, 4:58 PM – 6:38 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:06 PM

Moonset3:39 AM

Shula until 11:01 AM

Vishti

Ravivara

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