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Thursday, 18 April 2024
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 5:32 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:56 AM
Avoid
1:56 PM – 3:32 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
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Coming up
- Kamada Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 19 Apr
- Mahavir Jayanti in 3 days Sun, 21 Apr
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Sun, 21 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 – 6:45 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
Moonrise2:03 PM
Moonset2:43 AM
Ganda until 12:42 AM, Apr 19
Gara
Guruvara
Your observances
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