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Saturday, 17 April 2055

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:52 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:57 AM

Sunset6:44 PM

Nakshatra until 8:34 AM

Avoid 9:09 AM – 10:45 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

9:09 AM – 10:45 AM

1:56 PM – 3:32 PM

5:57 AM – 7:33 AM

8:31 AM – 10:13 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

Moonset10:24 AM

Shiva until 3:31 AM, Apr 18

Vanija

Shanivara

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