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Tuesday, 8 April 1997
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 1:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:07 AM
Sunset6:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:46 AM, Apr 09
Avoid
3:31 PM – 5:05 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:48 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 13 Apr
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Tue, 15 Apr
- Kamada Ekadashi in 10 days Fri, 18 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:31 PM – 5:05 PM
9:15 AM – 10:49 AM
12:23 PM – 1:57 PM
8:37 AM – 10:18 AM, 4:58 PM – 6:39 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:30 AM
Moonset7:50 PM
Vaidhriti until 11:29 AM
Bava
Mangalavara
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