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Thursday, 23 April 1981

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:58 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:51 AM

Sunset6:47 PM

Nakshatra until 3:14 AM, Apr 24

Avoid 1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:45 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 – 3:33 PM

5:51 AM – 7:28 AM

9:05 AM – 10:42 AM

12:45 PM – 2:28 PM, 5:04 PM – 6:47 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:30 PM

Moonset8:15 AM

Variyan until 8:36 AM

Bava

Guruvara

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