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Tuesday, 20 October 1953
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 1:56 AM, Oct 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:27 PM
Avoid
2:54 PM – 4:18 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
Coming up
- Sharad Purnima in 2 days Thu, 22 Oct
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Mon, 26 Oct
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 27 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:54 PM – 4:18 PM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:05 PM – 1:30 PM
8:43 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:13 PM – 5:43 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:18 PM
Moonset3:39 AM
Dhruva until 8:10 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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