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Friday, 5 October 1956
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 8:02 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:58 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:40 PM
Avoid
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Wed, 10 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Fri, 12 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 10 days Mon, 15 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
3:04 PM – 4:31 PM
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
10:59 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:52 PM – 4:25 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:12 AM
Moonset6:50 PM
Vaidhriti until 1:47 AM, Oct 06
Bava
Shukravara
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