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Saturday, 24 October 2009

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:19 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:31 AM

Sunset5:38 PM

Nakshatra until 5:39 AM, Oct 25

Avoid 9:18 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:18 AM – 10:41 AM

1:28 PM – 2:52 PM

6:31 AM – 7:54 AM

8:44 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

Moonrise11:55 AM

Moonset10:30 PM

Sukarma until 3:40 AM, Oct 25

Taitila

Shanivara

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