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 →

Saturday, 26 April 1997

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 1:28 AM, Apr 27

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:49 AM

Sunset6:49 PM

Nakshatra until 12:04 AM, Apr 27

Avoid 9:04 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:04 AM – 10:41 AM

1:56 PM – 3:34 PM

5:49 AM – 7:26 AM

8:25 AM – 10:09 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

Moonrise10:25 PM

Moonset8:06 AM

Parigha until 1:03 AM, Apr 27

Bava

Shanivara

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.