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Thursday, 22 October 2009
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 10:32 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:30 AM
Sunset5:40 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:19 AM, Oct 23
Avoid
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:27 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Skanda Sashti in 2 days Sat, 24 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Mon, 26 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 7 days Thu, 29 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
6:30 AM – 7:53 AM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:27 PM – 1:57 PM, 4:11 PM – 5:40 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
Moonrise10:13 AM
Moonset8:48 PM
Shobhana until 2:25 AM, Oct 23
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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