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Thursday, 5 October 1978
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 10:50 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:10 AM, Oct 06
Avoid
1:37 PM – 3:04 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sun, 8 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Mon, 9 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 7 days Thu, 12 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:37 PM – 3:04 PM
6:19 AM – 7:47 AM
9:14 AM – 10:42 AM
12:32 PM – 2:06 PM, 4:26 PM – 5:59 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
Moonrise9:01 AM
Moonset8:05 PM
Vishkumbha until 12:50 PM
Gara
Guruvara
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