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Sunday, 19 April 1953

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 4:10 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:56 AM

Sunset6:45 PM

Nakshatra until 8:14 PM

Avoid 5:08 PM – 6:45 PM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:46 PM

Shukla 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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Inauspicious periods

5:08 PM – 6:45 PM

12:20 PM – 1:56 PM

3:32 PM – 5:08 PM

1:37 PM – 3:20 PM, 5:02 PM – 6:45 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:13 AM

MoonsetN/A

Atiganda until 9:36 AM

Taitila

Ravivara

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