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Saturday, 20 April 2052

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 9:52 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:54 AM

Sunset6:46 PM

Nakshatra until 11:18 AM

Avoid 9:07 AM – 10:43 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:07 AM – 10:43 AM

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

5:54 AM – 7:30 AM

8:28 AM – 10:11 AM

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

MoonriseN/A

Moonset10:02 AM

Shiva until 12:09 AM, Apr 21

Gara

Shanivara

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