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Monday, 17 February 1997

What matters on this day

Magha Shukla Paksha until 6:11 AM, Feb 18

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:01 AM

Sunset6:08 PM

Nakshatra until 8:39 AM

Avoid 8:25 AM – 9:48 AM

Auspicious 12:13 PM – 12:57 PM

Jaya 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

8:25 AM – 9:48 AM

11:12 AM – 12:35 PM

1:58 PM – 3:22 PM

11:28 AM – 12:57 PM, 3:11 PM – 4:39 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise1:50 PM

Moonset3:18 AM

Vishkumbha until 12:15 PM

Vanija

Somavara

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