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Friday, 20 October 1944
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 4:56 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:28 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:04 AM, Oct 21
Avoid
11:41 AM – 1:05 PM
Auspicious
12:43 PM – 1:28 PM
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Coming up
- Skanda Sashti in 3 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 25 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:41 AM – 1:05 PM
3:54 PM – 5:18 PM
8:52 AM – 10:17 AM
11:58 AM – 1:28 PM, 3:43 PM – 5:13 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
Moonrise10:01 AM
Moonset8:48 PM
Ayushman until 10:24 AM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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