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Monday, 21 October 1996
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 8:19 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:16 AM
Avoid
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
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 Tue, 22 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Thu, 24 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 5 days Sat, 26 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:42 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise2:22 PM
Moonset12:39 AM
Shula until 2:03 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
Your observances
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