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Thursday, 17 September 2026
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 10:48 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:10 AM
Sunset6:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:53 PM
Avoid
1:46 PM â 3:17 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM â 12:39 PM
Vishwakarma Puja
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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 â
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Sat, 19 Sep
- Radha Ashtami in 2 days Sat, 19 Sep
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 5 days Tue, 22 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:46 PM â 3:17 PM
6:10 AM â 7:41 AM
9:13 AM â 10:44 AM
12:39 PM â 2:17 PM, 4:43 PM â 6:20 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
Moonrise11:45 AM
Moonset10:25 PM
Vishkumbha until 12:49 PM
Taitila
Guruvara
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