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Wednesday, 16 November 1977

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 5:41 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 1:28 PM

Avoid 12:05 PM – 1:25 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

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

12:05 PM – 1:25 PM

8:07 AM – 9:27 AM

10:46 AM – 12:05 PM

1:09 PM – 2:33 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:44 AM

Moonset10:43 PM

Ganda until 6:16 PM

Taitila

Budhavara

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