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Tuesday, 22 October 1996

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 3:39 AM, Oct 23

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:30 AM

Sunset5:40 PM

Nakshatra until 8:40 AM

Avoid 2:53 PM – 4:16 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:27 PM

Papankusha EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:53 PM – 4:16 PM

9:17 AM – 10:41 AM

12:05 PM – 1:29 PM

8:44 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:11 PM – 5:40 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:03 PM

Moonset1:45 AM

Ganda until 10:59 AM

Vanija

Mangalavara

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