Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Ashwin, Krishna Paksha · Vikram Samvat 2083 · Shaka 1948
Tritiya · Sankashti Chaturthi
29 September 2026 is Ashwin Krishna Paksha Tritiya, a Mangalvaar (मंगलवार). It is Sankashti Chaturthi, also called Vighnaraja Sankashti Chaturthi and Sankat Chauth. The tithi runs from 7:13 PM on 28 September 2026 until 5:10 PM. Sunrise at New Delhi is 6:12 AM and sunset is 6:09 PM. Rahu Kaal falls between 3:09 PM and 4:39 PM, and the Abhijit Muhurat is 11:46 AM to 12:34 PM.
Tithi, Paksha and Vaar (तिथि)
Tritiya begins 7:13 PM, 28 Sep and ends 5:10 PM.
Sankashti Chaturthi
Sankashti Chaturthiसंकष्टी चतुर्थी
Ashwin Krishna Paksha Chaturthi · Bhadrapada in amanta reckoning
Also known as Vighnaraja Sankashti Chaturthi and Sankat Chauth.
The monthly Ganesha fast broken at moonrise, falling this month inside Pitru Paksha.
What devotees do
- Fast from sunrise.
- Break the fast only after sighting the moon and offering arghya.
Shubh Muhurat (शुभ मुहूर्त)
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas between sunrise and sunset, so it is 48 minutes long today rather than a fixed 48 — it stretches and shrinks with the length of the day.
Ashubh Kaal (अशुभ काल)
We do not publish Varjyam, Dur Muhurat or Godhuli Muhurat. The rules behind them are known, but the underlying tables differ between sources by enough to move a window by the better part of an hour — and these are windows whose whole purpose is telling you not to begin something. We would rather leave them out than print a number we cannot stand behind.
Choghadiya (चौघड़िया)
The day and the night are each divided into eight parts. Amrit, Shubh and Labh are auspicious; Char is neutral; Udveg, Kaal and Rog are best avoided. It is the quickest check there is for whether the next hour and a half is a good time to begin something.
Day — sunrise 6:12 AM to sunset 6:09 PM
Night — sunset 6:09 PM to sunrise 6:13 AM
The night choghadiya belongs to Mangalvaar, not to the next day: in the panchang the weekday changes at sunrise, not at midnight.
Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana (नक्षत्र)
The Moon is in Ashwini at sunrise, in its 4th pada. A karana is half a tithi, which is why there are more of them in a day than anything else here.
Sun and Moon (सूर्य और चंद्र)
Day length is 11 hours 57 minutes, night 12 hours 4 minutes.
Hora (होरा)
Twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. The first is always ruled by the lord of the weekday — Mars (Mangal) today, which is what makes it Mangalvaar. Day horas and night horas are not sixty minutes each; they are a twelfth of the actual day and a twelfth of the actual night.
Rashi, Masa and Samvat (मास)
The two masa reckonings differ through every waning fortnight, which is why a calendar from Delhi and one from Chennai can name the same day differently. Today it is Ashwin in the north and Bhadrapada in the south.
Questions about 29 September 2026
What tithi is 29 September 2026?
29 September 2026 is Ashwin Krishna Paksha Tritiya. The tithi runs from 7:13 PM on 28 September 2026 until 5:10 PM, calculated for New Delhi.
Is 29 September 2026 Sankashti Chaturthi?
Yes. 29 September 2026 is Sankashti Chaturthi, also known as Vighnaraja Sankashti Chaturthi and Sankat Chauth. The monthly Ganesha fast broken at moonrise, falling this month inside Pitru Paksha.
What is the Rahu Kaal on 29 September 2026?
Rahu Kaal on 29 September 2026 is from 3:09 PM to 4:39 PM at New Delhi. Yamaganda is 9:11 AM to 10:40 AM and Gulika Kaal is 12:10 PM to 1:40 PM. These are the periods in which new work is traditionally not begun.
What is the shubh muhurat on 29 September 2026?
Abhijit Muhurat, the window good for almost any undertaking, is 11:46 AM to 12:34 PM. Brahma Muhurat is 4:35 AM to 5:23 AM before dawn, and Vijaya Muhurat is 2:10 PM to 2:57 PM.
What time is sunrise and sunset on 29 September 2026?
At New Delhi, sunrise on 29 September 2026 is 6:12 AM and sunset is 6:09 PM. Moonrise is 7:39 PM and moonset is 8:44 AM.
All timings are calculated for New Delhi, India (28.61°N, 77.21°E) in Indian Standard Time, using the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsha. Sunrise and every muhurat derived from it shift by up to an hour across India, so times will differ for your city.