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Thursday, 12 November 1953

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:59 AM, Nov 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:45 AM

Sunset5:25 PM

Nakshatra until 4:47 AM, Nov 13

Avoid 1:25 PM – 2:45 PM

Auspicious 11:43 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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Inauspicious periods

1:25 PM – 2:45 PM

6:45 AM – 8:05 AM

9:25 AM – 10:45 AM

12:26 PM – 1:51 PM, 3:59 PM – 5:25 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:28 AM

Moonset10:15 PM

Shula until 4:56 PM

Kaulava

Guruvara

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