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Wednesday, 15 October 1975

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 12:51 AM, Oct 16

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:25 AM

Sunset5:48 PM

Nakshatra until 5:32 PM

Avoid 12:06 PM – 1:32 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Papankusha EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

12:06 PM – 1:32 PM

7:50 AM – 9:16 AM

10:41 AM – 12:06 PM

1:15 PM – 2:46 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:18 PM

Moonset1:57 AM

Shula until 8:54 AM

Vanija

Budhavara

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