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Tuesday, 3 October 1978
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 12:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset6:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:42 AM, Oct 04
Avoid
3:05 PM – 4:33 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:33 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 8 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Mon, 9 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 12 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:05 PM – 4:33 PM
9:14 AM – 10:42 AM
12:10 PM – 1:38 PM
8:39 AM – 10:12 AM, 4:27 PM – 6:01 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:01 AM
Moonset6:45 PM
Indra until 4:13 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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