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Monday, 28 April 2031

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 9:23 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:47 AM

Sunset6:50 PM

Nakshatra until 1:26 AM, Apr 29

Avoid 7:25 AM – 9:03 AM

Auspicious 11:52 AM – 12:45 PM

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

7:25 AM – 9:03 AM

10:41 AM – 12:18 PM

1:56 PM – 3:34 PM

11:00 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:21 PM – 5:06 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:34 AM

MoonsetN/A

Dhriti until 12:07 AM, Apr 29

Taitila

Somavara

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