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Thursday, 20 November 1986

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 3:12 AM, Nov 21

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:51 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 9:56 PM

Avoid 1:25 PM – 2:44 PM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:27 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:25 PM – 2:44 PM

6:51 AM – 8:10 AM

9:28 AM – 10:47 AM

12:27 PM – 1:51 PM, 3:57 PM – 5:21 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise8:26 PM

Moonset9:53 AM

Sadhya until 7:59 PM

Bava

Guruvara

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