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Saturday, 18 August 1979

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 2:02 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:55 AM

Sunset6:54 PM

Nakshatra until 3:17 AM, Aug 19

Avoid 9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Aja 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

9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

2:02 PM – 3:39 PM

5:55 AM – 7:32 AM

8:31 AM – 10:15 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise1:46 AM

Moonset4:04 PM

Vajra until 12:03 AM, Aug 19

Balava

Shanivara

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