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Wednesday, 18 October 1944
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:00 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:27 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:22 AM, Oct 19
Avoid
1:06 PM – 2:30 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Chandra Darshan
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- Skanda Sashti in 5 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Wed, 25 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 10 days Sat, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:06 PM – 2:30 PM
8:52 AM – 10:16 AM
11:41 AM – 1:06 PM
2:13 PM – 3:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:10 AM
Moonset7:29 PM
Vishkumbha until 10:10 AM
Bava
Budhavara
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