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Friday, 18 October 1996
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 2:37 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:25 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Sun, 20 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 22 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 24 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
2:55 PM – 4:19 PM
7:52 AM – 9:16 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:44 PM – 4:14 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
Moonrise11:52 AM
Moonset10:29 PM
Atiganda until 10:45 PM
Taitila
Shukravara
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