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Friday, 17 April 2026

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 5:21 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:57 AM

Sunset6:44 PM

Nakshatra until 12:02 PM

Avoid 10:45 AM – 12:20 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:46 PM

AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:45 AM – 12:20 PM

3:32 PM – 5:08 PM

7:33 AM – 9:09 AM

11:04 AM – 12:46 PM, 3:19 PM – 5:01 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

Moonrise5:38 AM

Moonset6:47 PM

Vaidhriti until 7:21 AM

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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