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Friday, 12 April 2030

What matters on this day

Chaitra Shukla Paksha until 9:33 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:03 AM

Sunset6:41 PM

Nakshatra until 9:50 PM

Avoid 10:47 AM – 12:22 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:47 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

10:47 AM – 12:22 PM

3:31 PM – 5:06 PM

7:37 AM – 9:12 AM

11:06 AM – 12:47 PM, 3:19 PM – 5:00 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

Moonrise12:50 PM

Moonset1:57 AM

Dhriti until 12:23 AM, Apr 13

Balava

Shukravara

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