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Friday, 20 October 1939
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 9:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:10 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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- Papankusha Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 25 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 8 days Sat, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
2:54 PM – 4:19 PM
7:52 AM – 9:17 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:13 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:17 PM
MoonsetN/A
Dhriti until 5:11 AM, Oct 21
Vishti
Shukravara
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