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Monday, 18 October 1920

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:15 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:27 AM

Sunset5:45 PM

Nakshatra until 1:04 PM

Avoid 7:52 AM – 9:16 AM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:28 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. 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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Inauspicious periods

7:52 AM – 9:16 AM

10:41 AM – 12:06 PM

1:30 PM – 2:55 PM

10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:44 PM – 4:14 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:53 AM

Moonset10:26 PM

Atiganda until 10:01 PM

Taitila

Somavara

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