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Saturday, 17 October 1942
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 4:29 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:45 PM
Avoid
10:16 AM – 11:41 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:16 AM – 11:41 AM
2:31 PM – 3:56 PM
7:26 AM – 8:51 AM
9:42 AM – 11:13 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:28 PM
Moonset12:18 AM
Sukarma until 11:07 AM
Bava
Shanivara
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