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Saturday, 18 April 2026
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:42 AM
Avoid
9:08 AM – 10:44 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Akshaya Tritiya tomorrow Sun, 19 Apr
- Sankara Jayanthi in 3 days Tue, 21 Apr
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Wed, 22 Apr
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
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:19 AM
Moonset7:56 PM
Priti until 11:56 PM
Bava
Shanivara
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