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Thursday, 20 October 1988
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 1:34 AM, Oct 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:45 AM
Avoid
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Papankusha Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 21 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 5 days Tue, 25 Oct
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Fri, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
6:28 AM – 7:53 AM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:28 PM – 1:58 PM, 4:12 PM – 5:42 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
Moonrise2:31 PM
Moonset12:50 AM
Shula until 1:12 PM
Taitila
Guruvara
Your observances
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