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Monday, 20 October 1997
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 9:21 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:08 AM, Oct 21
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
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Tue, 21 Oct
- Kalashtami in 3 days Thu, 23 Oct
- Rama Ekadashi in 6 days Sun, 26 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:43 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
Moonrise9:18 PM
Moonset10:42 AM
Variyan until 9:51 AM
Kaulava
Somavara
Your observances
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