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Thursday, 17 November 2011

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 9:40 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 5:24 PM

Avoid 1:25 PM – 2:44 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:27 PM

Krishna ShashtiShashti 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

1:25 PM – 2:44 PM

6:48 AM – 8:08 AM

9:27 AM – 10:46 AM

12:27 PM – 1:51 PM, 3:58 PM – 5:22 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

Moonrise11:02 PM

Moonset11:59 AM

Shukla until 9:45 PM

Vanija

Guruvara

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