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Friday, 4 October 1996
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 6:38 AM, Oct 05
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:06 PM
Avoid
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Indira Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 8 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 9 Oct
- Amavasya in 8 days Sat, 12 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:42 AM – 12:09 PM
3:04 PM – 4:32 PM
7:47 AM – 9:14 AM
10:59 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:53 PM – 4:26 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:36 PM
Moonset1:02 PM
Variyan until 7:33 AM
Balava
Shukravara
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