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Sunday, 5 October 1997
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:43 AM, Oct 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:58 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:44 PM
Avoid
4:31 PM – 5:58 PM
Auspicious
11:46 AM – 12:32 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:31 PM – 5:58 PM
12:09 PM – 1:36 PM
3:04 PM – 4:31 PM
1:19 PM – 2:52 PM, 4:25 PM – 5:58 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
Moonrise9:17 AM
Moonset8:14 PM
Vishkumbha until 7:09 AM
Vanija
Ravivara
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