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Saturday, 4 April 1987

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 9:45 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:12 AM

Sunset6:36 PM

Nakshatra until 5:44 AM, Apr 05

Avoid 9:18 AM – 10:51 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:18 AM – 10:51 AM

1:57 PM – 3:30 PM

6:12 AM – 7:45 AM

8:41 AM – 10:20 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:57 AM

MoonsetN/A

Saubhagya until 9:41 PM

Kaulava

Shanivara

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