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Friday, 5 October 1973
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 7:41 AM, Oct 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:30 AM
Avoid
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
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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
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:50 PM
MoonsetN/A
Atiganda until 7:50 PM
Balava
Shukravara
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