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Tuesday, 4 April 2028

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 10:07 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:11 AM

Sunset6:37 PM

Nakshatra until 11:34 PM

Avoid 3:30 PM – 5:03 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:49 PM

Rama Navami The birth of Rama, at noon in Ayodhya. It closes Chaitra Navaratri. Kept with recitation of the Ramayana, a midday birth ceremony, and in many regions a procession. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:30 PM – 5:03 PM

9:17 AM – 10:51 AM

12:24 PM – 1:57 PM

8:40 AM – 10:19 AM, 4:57 PM – 6:37 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

Moonrise1:13 PM

Moonset2:19 AM

Sukarma until 4:23 PM

Kaulava

Mangalavara

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