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Friday, 26 October 2029
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 12:52 AM, Oct 27
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:32 AM
Sunset5:37 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:46 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:04 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:27 PM
Karwa Chauth
A day-long fast without food or water, kept by married women for their husband's long life, broken after sighting the moon through a sieve.
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Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti
The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Sun, 28 Oct
- Kalashtami in 4 days Tue, 30 Oct
- Ahoi Ashtami in 4 days Tue, 30 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:04 PM
2:50 PM – 4:13 PM
7:55 AM – 9:18 AM
10:58 AM – 12:27 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:08 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
Moonrise8:20 PM
Moonset9:45 AM
Variyan until 12:21 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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