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Saturday, 20 October 2001
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:56 AM
Avoid
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Mon, 22 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Wed, 24 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 7 days Sat, 27 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
6:28 AM – 7:53 AM
8:43 AM – 10:13 AM
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
Moonrise9:55 AM
Moonset8:35 PM
Saubhagya until 3:11 PM
Vishti
Shanivara
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