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Sunday, 20 April 1986

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 4:16 AM, Apr 21

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:55 AM

Sunset6:45 PM

Nakshatra until 6:27 PM

Avoid 5:09 PM – 6:45 PM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:46 PM

Kamada 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

5:09 PM – 6:45 PM

12:20 PM – 1:56 PM

3:33 PM – 5:09 PM

1:37 PM – 3:20 PM, 5:02 PM – 6:45 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:33 PM

Moonset2:59 AM

Ganda until 7:36 AM

Vanija

Ravivara

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