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Thursday, 17 April 1930

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 9:27 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:58 AM

Sunset6:43 PM

Nakshatra until 1:44 AM, Apr 18

Avoid 1:56 PM – 3:32 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:46 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:56 PM – 3:32 PM

5:58 AM – 7:34 AM

9:09 AM – 10:45 AM

12:46 PM – 2:28 PM, 5:01 PM – 6:43 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:57 PM

Moonset8:41 AM

Variyan until 6:13 PM

Balava

Guruvara

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