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Tuesday, 17 April 2018
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 3:45 AM, Apr 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:56 AM, Apr 18
Avoid
3:32 PM – 5:08 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sat, 21 Apr
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Mon, 23 Apr
- Mohini Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 26 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:32 PM – 5:08 PM
9:09 AM – 10:45 AM
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
8:31 AM – 10:13 AM, 5:01 PM – 6:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:36 AM
Moonset8:16 PM
Priti until 8:07 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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