Times below are calculated for New Delhi because you haven't told us where you are yet. Sunrise, moonrise and every muhurta window move with location — often by more than an hour. Set your location and tradition →

● Back to today · December 2071 calendar

Monday, 28 December 2071

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:46 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:16 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 3:20 AM, Dec 29

Avoid 8:33 AM – 9:49 AM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:42 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:33 AM – 9:49 AM

11:06 AM – 12:22 PM

1:39 PM – 2:55 PM

11:21 AM – 12:42 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:06 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

Moonrise11:26 AM

Moonset11:35 PM

Vyatipata until 5:03 AM, Dec 29

Taitila

Somavara

See the complete panchang for this day →

Your observances

Nothing saved yet. Saved vrats and family dates arrive with accounts in the next phase; for now the vrat calendar lists every recurring observance with its upcoming dates, and every festival page has a calendar subscription link.