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Tuesday, 17 February 1987

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 5:27 AM, Feb 18

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:02 AM

Sunset6:08 PM

Nakshatra until 5:52 AM, Feb 18

Avoid 3:21 PM – 4:45 PM

Auspicious 12:13 PM – 12:57 PM

Angarki Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

3:21 PM – 4:45 PM

9:48 AM – 11:12 AM

12:35 PM – 1:58 PM

9:15 AM – 10:44 AM, 4:39 PM – 6:08 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:29 PM

Moonset8:50 AM

Dhriti until 9:35 AM

Bava

Mangalavara

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