Please provide a summary of the short story of "An Astrologer's Day" by R.K Narayan.

The story
begins with a description of the place and environment in which the astrologer meets his
clients and does his work. He begins his work every day at midday in a public place
under a large tree that is close to a public park in his
town.

The astrologer sets up
his equipment in a small place in India that is generally full of people. People are at
the market place seeking to buy nuts, sweetmeats, and cloth, among other things. The
lighting is poorly lit in the evening. The astrologer has no light of his own so he must
depend on the light of the vendors around him.

In this
short story, the astrologer sets out to do his day's work. Although he does not claim to
be a real astrologer by birth, he sets up his equipment in the market place. He tells
the fortunes of his clients as they pass by. First, he allows his customers to talk for
ten minutes. Then he has enough information to go by.

When
the day is done and nightfall is upon him, he begins putting away his equipment. Then,
there in front of him is a man. The astrologer takes him for a possible client. He
encourages the man to sit down. The man is not interested. He makes some rude comments
to the astrologer, as if to say the astrologer does not know what he is
doing.

When the man lights a cheroot, the astrologer can
see his face from the lighted match. He recognizes the man as Guru Nayak, a man that the
astrologer had left for dead many years ago in a far way
place.

The astrologer backs out of telling Guru's fortune,
but Guru will not go away. He exclaims that that the astrologer made a deal and must
keep it.

The astrologer is afraid Guru will recognize him
but proceeds to tell him some things about his past that are accurate. The astrologer
tells how Guru was stabbed with a knife and thrown in a well and left for
dead.

Then Guru begins believing the astrologer and demands
to know where his attacker is. The astrologer assures him the his attacker was killed
four months ago when a lorry rolled on him. Relieved to hear this news, Guru Nayak
throws some coins at the astrologer and goes on about his
way.

Reaching home at midnight, the astrologer is weary
from his stressful night. His wife meets him at the door. She is ready for an
explanation as to why he is so late in getting home.

Seeing
the money her husband has made, she is happy for her child. She intends to buy her some
sweets. The astrologer shares his burden with his wife, on how he had the blood of Guru
on his hands until tonight. Learning that he is alive and well leaves the astrologer
with a relieved mind, heart, and soul.