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Sunday, 17 March 1985

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 10:55 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:32 AM

Sunset6:26 PM

Nakshatra until 3:03 AM, Mar 18

Avoid 4:57 PM – 6:26 PM

Auspicious 12:06 PM – 12:53 PM

Papmochani 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

4:57 PM – 6:26 PM

12:29 PM – 1:59 PM

3:28 PM – 4:57 PM

1:41 PM – 3:16 PM, 4:51 PM – 6:26 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:55 AM

Moonset2:54 PM

Shiva until 2:36 AM, Mar 18

Balava

Ravivara

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