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Monday, 7 October 1940
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 11:56 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:20 AM
Sunset5:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:22 PM
Avoid
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:32 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Tue, 8 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 4 days Fri, 11 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Sun, 13 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
10:41 AM – 12:08 PM
1:35 PM – 3:02 PM
10:59 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:51 PM – 4:24 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
Moonrise12:21 PM
Moonset10:56 PM
Shobhana until 12:03 AM, Oct 08
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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