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Saturday, 12 October 1968

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 5:20 AM, Oct 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:23 AM

Sunset5:51 PM

Nakshatra until 2:03 AM, Oct 13

Avoid 9:15 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna ShashtiShashti 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

9:15 AM – 10:41 AM

1:33 PM – 2:59 PM

6:23 AM – 7:49 AM

8:41 AM – 10:12 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:52 PM

Moonset11:20 AM

Variyan until 8:48 PM

Gara

Shanivara

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