Times below are calculated for New Delhi because you haven't told us where you are yet. Sunrise, moonrise and every muhurta window move with location — often by more than an hour. Set your location and tradition →

● Back to today · September 1981 calendar

Thursday, 17 September 1981

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 9:49 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:10 AM

Sunset6:20 PM

Nakshatra until 12:23 PM

Avoid 1:46 PM – 3:17 PM

Auspicious 11:51 AM – 12:39 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:46 PM – 3:17 PM

6:10 AM – 7:41 AM

9:13 AM – 10:44 AM

12:39 PM – 2:17 PM, 4:43 PM – 6:20 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

Moonrise8:38 PM

Moonset9:17 AM

Dhruva until 6:11 AM

Bava

Guruvara

See the complete panchang for this day →

Your observances

Nothing saved yet. Saved vrats and family dates arrive with accounts in the next phase; for now the vrat calendar lists every recurring observance with its upcoming dates, and every festival page has a calendar subscription link.