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Thursday, 14 April 2022
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 3:56 AM, Apr 15
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:01 AM
Sunset6:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:55 AM
Avoid
1:56 PM â 3:32 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM â 12:47 PM
Mahavir Jayanti
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Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Purnima in 2 days Sat, 16 Apr
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Wed, 20 Apr
- Krishna Shashti in 8 days Fri, 22 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:56 PM â 3:32 PM
6:01 AM â 7:36 AM
9:11 AM â 10:46 AM
12:47 PM â 2:28 PM, 5:00 PM â 6:42 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:25 PM
Moonset4:18 AM
Vriddhi until 9:50 AM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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