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Saturday, 21 October 1950

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 8:28 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:29 AM

Sunset5:42 PM

Nakshatra until 3:09 AM, Oct 22

Avoid 9:17 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:17 AM – 10:41 AM

1:29 PM – 2:54 PM

6:29 AM – 7:53 AM

8:43 AM – 10:13 AM

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

Moonrise3:18 PM

Moonset2:08 AM

Ganda until 7:11 AM

Vanija

Shanivara

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