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Thursday, 17 October 1996
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 4:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:24 PM
Avoid
1:31 PM – 2:55 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Fri, 18 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Sun, 20 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 5 days Tue, 22 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:31 PM – 2:55 PM
6:27 AM – 7:51 AM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:28 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:15 PM – 5:45 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
Moonrise10:52 AM
Moonset9:29 PM
Shobhana until 1:22 AM, Oct 18
Balava
Guruvara
Your observances
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