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Thursday, 8 October 1981
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 3:48 AM, Oct 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:22 AM, Oct 09
Avoid
1:35 PM – 3:02 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Papankusha Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 9 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Sun, 11 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 5 days Tue, 13 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:35 PM – 3:02 PM
6:21 AM – 7:48 AM
9:15 AM – 10:41 AM
12:31 PM – 2:04 PM, 4:23 PM – 5:55 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
Moonrise2:38 PM
Moonset12:43 AM
Sukarma until 9:28 AM
Taitila
Guruvara
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