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Saturday, 16 November 1996

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 9:50 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 5:09 PM

Avoid 9:27 AM – 10:46 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

9:27 AM – 10:46 AM

1:25 PM – 2:44 PM

6:48 AM – 8:07 AM

8:55 AM – 10:20 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:35 AM

Moonset10:32 PM

Ganda until 9:28 PM

Kaulava

Shanivara

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