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Friday, 21 April 2056

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 6:09 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:53 AM

Sunset6:46 PM

Nakshatra until 7:06 PM

Avoid 10:43 AM – 12:20 PM

Auspicious 11:54 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

10:43 AM – 12:20 PM

3:33 PM – 5:10 PM

7:29 AM – 9:06 AM

11:02 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:20 PM – 5:03 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

Moonrise10:11 AM

MoonsetN/A

Sukarma until 5:24 AM, Apr 22

Taitila

Shukravara

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