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Tuesday, 17 April 1979
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 4:21 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:37 AM
Avoid
3:32 PM – 5:08 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Wed, 18 Apr
- Kalashtami in 3 days Fri, 20 Apr
- Bhauma Pradosh in 7 days Tue, 24 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:32 PM – 5:08 PM
9:09 AM – 10:45 AM
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
8:31 AM – 10:13 AM, 5:01 PM – 6:43 PM
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
Moonrise11:39 PM
Moonset9:16 AM
Parigha until 3:24 AM, Apr 18
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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