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Tuesday, 3 November 1981

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 4:23 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:38 AM

Sunset5:30 PM

Nakshatra until 11:05 AM

Avoid 2:47 PM – 4:09 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:26 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. 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

2:47 PM – 4:09 PM

9:21 AM – 10:43 AM

12:04 PM – 1:26 PM

8:48 AM – 10:15 AM, 4:03 PM – 5:30 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:51 AM

Moonset10:33 PM

Dhriti until 4:22 PM

Taitila

Mangalavara

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