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Friday, 6 November 1959

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 9:07 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:40 AM

Sunset5:29 PM

Nakshatra until 11:25 PM

Avoid 10:43 AM – 12:04 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

10:43 AM – 12:04 PM

2:46 PM – 4:08 PM

8:01 AM – 9:22 AM

10:59 AM – 12:26 PM, 2:36 PM – 4:02 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise12:05 PM

Moonset10:57 PM

Shula until 10:58 PM

Taitila

Shukravara

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