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Sunday, 15 November 2026
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:01 AM, Nov 16
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:47 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:29 PM
Avoid
4:04 PM â 5:23 PM
Auspicious
11:44 AM â 12:26 PM
Chhath Puja
A four-day observance of the Sun and Chhathi Maiya: Nahay-Khay, Kharna, the evening arghya standing in water on Shashthi, and the morning arghya at sunrise on Saptami.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Skanda Sashti
Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees.
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
The guide for this observance isn't written yet â we'd rather say so than
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Tue, 17 Nov
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 6 days Sat, 21 Nov
- Tulsi Vivaha (Utthana Dwadashi) in 6 days Sat, 21 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:04 PM â 5:23 PM
12:05 PM â 1:25 PM
2:44 PM â 4:04 PM
1:09 PM â 2:33 PM, 3:58 PM â 5:23 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
Moonrise11:32 AM
Moonset10:21 PM
Ganda until 7:16 AM, Nov 16
Kaulava
Ravivara
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