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Saturday, 5 April 1986

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 9:11 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:11 AM

Sunset6:37 PM

Nakshatra until 3:09 PM

Avoid 9:17 AM – 10:50 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:17 AM – 10:50 AM

1:57 PM – 3:30 PM

6:11 AM – 7:44 AM

8:40 AM – 10:19 AM

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

Moonrise3:45 AM

Moonset3:12 PM

Sadhya until 6:41 AM

Balava

Shanivara

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