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Friday, 9 October 1981

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 3:23 AM, Oct 10

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:22 AM

Sunset5:54 PM

Nakshatra until 6:22 AM

Avoid 10:41 AM – 12:08 PM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:31 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 →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:41 AM – 12:08 PM

3:01 PM – 4:27 PM

7:48 AM – 9:15 AM

10:59 AM – 12:31 PM, 2:49 PM – 4:22 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:18 PM

Moonset1:41 AM

Dhriti until 8:34 AM

Vanija

Shukravara

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