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Thursday, 21 February 1980

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 7:52 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:59 AM

Sunset6:11 PM

Nakshatra until 7:39 AM

Avoid 1:59 PM – 3:23 PM

Auspicious 12:12 PM – 12:57 PM

Shukla ShashtiShashti 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

1:59 PM – 3:23 PM

6:59 AM – 8:23 AM

9:47 AM – 11:11 AM

12:57 PM – 2:27 PM, 4:41 PM – 6:11 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:12 AM

Moonset11:51 PM

Brahma until 2:41 AM, Feb 22

Kaulava

Guruvara

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