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Thursday, 5 October 1944

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 9:55 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:19 AM

Sunset6:59 PM

Nakshatra until 2:43 AM, Oct 06

Avoid 2:36 PM – 4:04 PM

Auspicious 12:46 PM – 1:32 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:36 PM – 4:04 PM

7:19 AM – 8:47 AM

10:14 AM – 11:42 AM

1:32 PM – 3:06 PM, 5:25 PM – 6:59 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:29 PM

Moonset10:33 AM

Vajra until 11:54 AM

Bava

Guruvara

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