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Friday, 16 April 2027
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 11:22 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:18 AM
Avoid
10:45 AM – 12:21 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Kamada Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 17 Apr
- Mahavir Jayanti in 3 days Mon, 19 Apr
- Som Pradosh in 3 days Mon, 19 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:45 AM – 12:21 PM
3:32 PM – 5:07 PM
7:34 AM – 9:10 AM
11:04 AM – 12:46 PM, 3:19 PM – 5:01 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
Moonrise2:16 PM
Moonset2:52 AM
Ganda until 2:58 AM, Apr 17
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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