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Saturday, 8 April 1950

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 7:25 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:08 AM

Sunset6:38 PM

Nakshatra until 7:09 PM

Avoid 9:15 AM – 10:49 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:15 AM – 10:49 AM

1:57 PM – 3:31 PM

6:08 AM – 7:41 AM

8:38 AM – 10:18 AM

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

MoonriseN/A

Moonset10:29 AM

Parigha until 3:18 AM, Apr 09

Vanija

Shanivara

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