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Tuesday, 24 November 2026
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 8:23 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:54 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:25 PM
Avoid
2:44 PM â 4:02 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM â 12:28 PM
Guru Nanak Jayanti
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Kartik PurnimaPurnima
The full moon of Kartika: river bathing at dawn, lamps at dusk, and â on the same date â Guru Nanak's birth anniversary for Sikhs and the Karthigai Deepam lamp festival in Tamil Nadu.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Fri, 27 Nov
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sun, 29 Nov
- Kalashtami in 7 days Tue, 1 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:44 PM â 4:02 PM
9:31 AM â 10:49 AM
12:07 PM â 1:25 PM
8:59 AM â 10:23 AM, 3:57 PM â 5:20 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
Moonrise5:13 PM
Moonset6:16 AM
Parigha until 4:05 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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