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Saturday, 18 April 2020

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:17 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:56 AM

Sunset6:44 PM

Nakshatra until 4:24 AM, Apr 19

Avoid 9:08 AM – 10:44 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Varuthini 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

9:08 AM – 10:44 AM

1:56 PM – 3:32 PM

5:56 AM – 7:32 AM

8:30 AM – 10:12 AM

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

Moonrise3:13 AM

Moonset2:50 PM

Shukla until 6:41 PM

Bava

Shanivara

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