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Wednesday, 12 April 1944

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 2:28 AM, Apr 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:03 AM

Sunset7:41 PM

Nakshatra until 12:34 AM, Apr 13

Avoid 1:22 PM – 2:56 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

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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Inauspicious periods

1:22 PM – 2:56 PM

8:37 AM – 10:12 AM

11:47 AM – 1:22 PM

2:38 PM – 4:19 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

Moonrise11:17 PM

Moonset9:10 AM

Vyatipata until 1:13 AM, Apr 13

Bava

Budhavara

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