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Tuesday, 20 April 2027
What matters on this day
Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 3:57 AM, Apr 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:28 AM, Apr 21
Avoid
3:33 PM – 5:09 PM
Auspicious
11:54 AM – 12:46 PM
Hanuman Jayanti
Hanuman's appearance day. Temples hold day-long recitation of the Hanuman Chalisa and the Sundarakanda, and sindoor mixed with oil is offered to the image.
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PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 24 Apr
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 27 Apr
- Kalashtami in 9 days Thu, 29 Apr
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:33 PM – 5:09 PM
9:07 AM – 10:44 AM
12:20 PM – 1:56 PM
8:29 AM – 10:11 AM, 5:02 PM – 6:45 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:22 PM
Moonset5:20 AM
Harshana until 5:47 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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