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Tuesday, 4 November 2008

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 6:25 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:39 AM

Sunset5:29 PM

Nakshatra until 10:40 AM

Avoid 2:47 PM – 4:08 PM

Auspicious 11:42 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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:47 PM – 4:08 PM

9:21 AM – 10:43 AM

12:04 PM – 1:25 PM

8:49 AM – 10:16 AM, 4:03 PM – 5:29 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:47 AM

Moonset10:30 PM

Dhriti until 2:05 PM

Taitila

Mangalavara

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