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Wednesday, 15 April 2026
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:31 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:22 PM
Avoid
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
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Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your region- Bohag Bihu (Manuh Bihu) Kept in Assam (Assamese)
- Poila Boishakh Kept in Bengal (Bengali)
- Vishu Kept in Kerala (Malayalam)
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Fri, 17 Apr
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sat, 18 Apr
- Akshaya Tritiya in 4 days Sun, 19 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
7:35 AM – 9:10 AM
10:46 AM – 12:21 PM
1:37 PM – 3:19 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
Moonrise4:24 AM
Moonset4:38 PM
Brahma until 1:25 PM
Gara
Budhavara
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