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Monday, 23 October 2028
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 8:53 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:31 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:16 AM
Avoid
7:54 AM â 9:18 AM
Auspicious
11:42 AM â 12:27 PM
Chhath Puja
A four-day observance of the Sun and Chhathi Maiya: Nahay-Khay, Kharna, the evening arghya standing in water on Shashthi, and the morning arghya at sunrise on Saptami.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Skanda Sashti
Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees.
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
The guide for this observance isn't written yet â we'd rather say so than
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Wed, 25 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 5 days Sat, 28 Oct
- Som Pradosh in 7 days Mon, 30 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:54 AM â 9:18 AM
10:41 AM â 12:05 PM
1:28 PM â 2:52 PM
10:58 AM â 12:27 PM, 2:41 PM â 4:10 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:40 AM
Moonset10:16 PM
Atiganda until 12:15 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
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