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Tuesday, 2 October 1979

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 2:32 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:17 AM

Sunset6:03 PM

Nakshatra until 8:30 AM

Avoid 3:06 PM – 4:34 PM

Auspicious 11:47 AM – 12:34 PM

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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:06 PM – 4:34 PM

9:14 AM – 10:42 AM

12:10 PM – 1:38 PM

8:39 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:29 PM – 6:03 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:46 PM

Moonset2:04 AM

Dhriti until 9:40 PM

Vishti

Mangalavara

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