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Thursday, 24 April 2053

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 7:48 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:50 AM

Sunset6:48 PM

Nakshatra until 3:16 AM, Apr 25

Avoid 1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

Auspicious 11:53 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

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

5:50 AM – 7:27 AM

9:05 AM – 10:42 AM

12:45 PM – 2:29 PM, 5:04 PM – 6:48 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:37 AM

MoonsetN/A

Sukarma until 10:35 AM

Taitila

Guruvara

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