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Monday, 23 February 2026

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 9:09 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:56 AM

Sunset6:13 PM

Nakshatra until 4:33 PM

Avoid 8:20 AM – 9:45 AM

Auspicious 12:12 PM – 12:57 PM

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

8:20 AM – 9:45 AM

11:10 AM – 12:34 PM

1:59 PM – 3:23 PM

11:27 AM – 12:57 PM, 3:12 PM – 4:42 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:29 AM

MoonsetN/A

Brahma until 10:18 AM

Taitila

Somavara

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