Thursday, April 27, 2000
Vikrama Samvat	2057	Vaishakha	15
Shaka Samvat	1922	Vaishakha	7
Hijri	1421	Moharram	21
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha Ashtami up to 2-5 p.m. The eighth lunar day of the dark half of Vaishakha. Shrawana Nakshatra up to 9-36 p.m. The sun enters Bharani at 9.15 a.m. Mercury turns combust at 10 a.m. Jupiter turns combust at 12.30 a.m. (April 28). Sheetala Ashtami Stale food eating day (Boora basoda)