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Saturday, 4 May 2024

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 8:39 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:41 AM

Sunset6:54 PM

Nakshatra until 10:07 PM

Avoid 8:59 AM – 10:39 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Varuthini EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:59 AM – 10:39 AM

1:57 PM – 3:36 PM

5:41 AM – 7:20 AM

8:20 AM – 10:06 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

Moonrise2:52 AM

Moonset2:59 PM

Indra until 11:03 AM

Bava

Shanivara

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