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Sunday, 18 October 1942
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 2:44 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:27 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:47 PM
Avoid
5:20 PM – 6:45 PM
Auspicious
12:43 PM – 1:28 PM
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- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Wed, 21 Oct
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:20 PM – 6:45 PM
1:06 PM – 2:31 PM
3:55 PM – 5:20 PM
2:14 PM – 3:44 PM, 5:15 PM – 6:45 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
Moonrise3:15 PM
Moonset1:22 AM
Dhriti until 8:29 AM
Kaulava
Ravivara
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