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Tuesday, 4 May 2027
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 7:31 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset6:53 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:15 AM, May 05
Avoid
3:36 PM – 5:15 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
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Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Thu, 6 May
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Fri, 7 May
- Parashurama Jayanti in 4 days Sat, 8 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM – 5:15 PM
9:00 AM – 10:39 AM
12:18 PM – 1:57 PM
8:20 AM – 10:06 AM, 5:08 PM – 6:53 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
Moonrise4:06 AM
Moonset4:56 PM
Vishkumbha until 4:14 PM
Gara
Mangalavara
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