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Sunday, 17 October 1926

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 12:12 AM, Oct 18

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:26 AM

Sunset5:46 PM

Nakshatra until 2:09 PM

Avoid 4:21 PM – 5:46 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:29 PM

Papankusha EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:21 PM – 5:46 PM

12:06 PM – 1:31 PM

2:56 PM – 4:21 PM

1:14 PM – 2:45 PM, 4:15 PM – 5:46 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:14 PM

Moonset1:48 AM

Ganda until 11:46 PM

Vanija

Ravivara

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