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Thursday, 31 October 1946

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 7:09 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:35 AM

Sunset5:33 PM

Nakshatra until 7:38 PM

Avoid 1:26 PM – 2:49 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:26 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:26 PM – 2:49 PM

6:35 AM – 7:58 AM

9:20 AM – 10:42 AM

12:26 PM – 1:54 PM, 4:05 PM – 5:33 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:46 AM

Moonset10:24 PM

Dhriti until 5:56 AM, Nov 01

Taitila

Guruvara

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