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Sunday, 16 September 1979

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 4:58 AM, Sep 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:09 AM

Sunset6:22 PM

Nakshatra until 11:43 AM

Avoid 4:50 PM – 6:22 PM

Auspicious 11:51 AM – 12:40 PM

Indira 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

4:50 PM – 6:22 PM

12:16 PM – 1:47 PM

3:19 PM – 4:50 PM

1:29 PM – 3:06 PM, 4:44 PM – 6:22 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise1:28 AM

Moonset3:32 PM

Variyan until 7:00 AM

Bava

Ravivara

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