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Friday, 16 November 2007

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 3:46 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 12:33 PM

Avoid 10:46 AM – 12:05 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:26 PM

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

10:46 AM – 12:05 PM

2:44 PM – 4:03 PM

8:07 AM – 9:26 AM

11:02 AM – 12:26 PM, 2:33 PM – 3:58 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:49 AM

Moonset10:46 PM

Ganda until 7:09 PM

Taitila

Shukravara

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