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Monday, 7 October 1946

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 7:52 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:20 AM

Sunset5:57 PM

Nakshatra until 4:14 PM

Avoid 7:47 AM – 9:14 AM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:32 PM

Papankusha EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

7:47 AM – 9:14 AM

10:41 AM – 12:09 PM

1:36 PM – 3:03 PM

10:59 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:51 PM – 4:24 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:51 PM

Moonset2:28 AM

Shula until 9:06 PM

Vishti

Somavara

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