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Tuesday, 31 October 1944

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 8:05 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:36 AM

Sunset6:33 PM

Nakshatra until 5:31 PM

Avoid 3:48 PM – 5:11 PM

Auspicious 12:42 PM – 1:26 PM

Kartik PurnimaPurnima The full moon of Kartika: river bathing at dawn, lamps at dusk, and — on the same date — Guru Nanak's birth anniversary for Sikhs and the Karthigai Deepam lamp festival in Tamil Nadu. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:48 PM – 5:11 PM

10:20 AM – 11:42 AM

1:04 PM – 2:26 PM

9:47 AM – 11:15 AM, 5:05 PM – 6:33 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:30 PM

Moonset7:00 AM

Siddhi until 1:19 AM, Nov 01

Vishti

Mangalavara

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