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Thursday, 18 April 1996
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 4:02 AM, Apr 19
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:37 PM
Avoid
1:56 PM – 3:32 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Fri, 19 Apr
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Wed, 24 Apr
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Fri, 26 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:56 PM – 3:32 PM
5:56 AM – 7:32 AM
9:08 AM – 10:44 AM
12:46 PM – 2:28 PM, 5:02 PM – 6:44 PM
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
Moonrise5:59 AM
Moonset7:20 PM
Vishkumbha until 12:01 PM
Kimstughna
Guruvara
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