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Wednesday, 27 October 1920

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 7:38 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:33 AM

Sunset5:36 PM

Nakshatra until 11:25 PM

Avoid 12:04 PM – 1:27 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Kartik PurnimaPurnima The full moon of Kartika: river bathing at dawn, lamps at dusk, and — on the same date — Guru Nanak's birth anniversary for Sikhs and the Karthigai Deepam lamp festival in Tamil Nadu. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:04 PM – 1:27 PM

7:56 AM – 9:19 AM

10:42 AM – 12:04 PM

1:11 PM – 2:39 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:33 PM

Moonset5:58 AM

Vajra until 4:07 PM

Vishti

Budhavara

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