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Thursday, 16 October 1997
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 9:15 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:52 AM
Avoid
1:31 PM – 2:56 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Sun, 19 Oct
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Tue, 21 Oct
- Kalashtami in 7 days Thu, 23 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:31 PM – 2:56 PM
6:26 AM – 7:51 AM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:29 PM – 2:00 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:46 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:02 PM
Moonset6:18 AM
Harshana until 10:18 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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