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Wednesday, 14 April 2027
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 3:24 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:01 AM
Sunset6:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:52 AM
Avoid
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night.
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Baisakhi
The Punjab harvest festival and the day the Khalsa was founded. Gurdwaras hold the Akhand Path and nagar kirtan; in the fields it is the day the rabi harvest is cut, with bhangra and gidda.
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your region- Bohag Bihu Kept in Assam (Assamese)
- Puthandu Kept in Tamil Nadu (Tamil)
- Tamil New Year / Dr. Ambedkar Birthday Kept in Tamil Nadu (Tamil)
Coming up
- Rama Navami tomorrow Thu, 15 Apr
- Kamada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 17 Apr
- Mahavir Jayanti in 5 days Mon, 19 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:21 PM – 1:56 PM
7:36 AM – 9:11 AM
10:46 AM – 12:21 PM
1:37 PM – 3:19 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
Moonrise12:06 PM
Moonset1:18 AM
Sukarma until 11:10 AM
Bava
Budhavara
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