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Sunday, 21 October 2012
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 9:45 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:21 PM
Avoid
4:17 PM – 5:41 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:27 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Mon, 22 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 4 days Thu, 25 Oct
- Shani Pradosh in 6 days Sat, 27 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:17 PM – 5:41 PM
12:05 PM – 1:29 PM
2:53 PM – 4:17 PM
1:12 PM – 2:42 PM, 4:11 PM – 5:41 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
Moonrise12:27 PM
Moonset11:10 PM
Sukarma until 9:52 PM
Gara
Ravivara
Your observances
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