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Sunday, 16 October 1927

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 8:56 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:25 AM

Sunset5:47 PM

Nakshatra until 1:06 AM, Oct 17

Avoid 4:22 PM – 5:47 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:29 PM

Krishna ShashtiShashti 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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:22 PM – 5:47 PM

12:06 PM – 1:32 PM

2:57 PM – 4:22 PM

1:15 PM – 2:46 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:47 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:40 PM

Moonset12:04 PM

Parigha until 2:41 PM

Vanija

Ravivara

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