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Thursday, 29 October 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 10:10 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:34 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:11 AM
Avoid
1:27 PM â 2:49 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM â 12:26 PM
Karwa Chauth
A day-long fast without food or water, kept by married women for their husband's long life, broken after sighting the moon through a sieve.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti
The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Sat, 31 Oct
- Kalashtami in 4 days Mon, 2 Nov
- Rama Ekadashi in 7 days Thu, 5 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:27 PM â 2:49 PM
6:34 AM â 7:57 AM
9:19 AM â 10:42 AM
12:26 PM â 1:54 PM, 4:06 PM â 5:34 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
Moonrise8:25 PM
Moonset9:46 AM
Parigha until 12:06 AM, Oct 30
Bava
Guruvara
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