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Monday, 6 October 1986
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:52 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:20 AM
Sunset5:58 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:03 AM
Avoid
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:32 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Thu, 9 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 7 days Mon, 13 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 9 days Wed, 15 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
10:41 AM – 12:09 PM
1:36 PM – 3:03 PM
10:59 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:52 PM – 4:25 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
Moonrise8:42 AM
Moonset7:51 PM
Vishkumbha until 3:57 PM
Taitila
Somavara
Your observances
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