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Tuesday, 8 October 1940
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 11:51 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:50 PM
Avoid
3:02 PM – 4:28 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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- Papankusha Ekadashi in 3 days Fri, 11 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 13 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 8 days Wed, 16 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:02 PM – 4:28 PM
9:15 AM – 10:41 AM
12:08 PM – 1:35 PM
8:40 AM – 10:12 AM, 4:23 PM – 5:55 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:14 PM
Moonset11:54 PM
Atiganda until 10:52 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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