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Friday, 20 April 2012
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:25 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:31 PM
Avoid
10:43 AM – 12:20 PM
Auspicious
11:54 AM – 12:45 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Sat, 21 Apr
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Sun, 22 Apr
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Fri, 27 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:43 AM – 12:20 PM
3:33 PM – 5:09 PM
7:30 AM – 9:07 AM
11:03 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:20 PM – 5:03 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
Moonrise5:12 AM
Moonset6:06 PM
Vaidhriti until 8:37 AM
Shakuni
Shukravara
Your observances
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