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Friday, 4 October 1940
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 7:31 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset6:00 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:22 PM
Avoid
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:33 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sun, 6 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Tue, 8 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 7 days Fri, 11 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
3:05 PM – 4:32 PM
7:46 AM – 9:14 AM
10:59 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:53 PM – 4:26 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise9:10 AM
Moonset8:13 PM
Vishkumbha until 10:35 AM
Gara
Shukravara
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