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Saturday, 3 November 2012

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 11:39 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:38 AM

Sunset5:30 PM

Nakshatra until 2:39 PM

Avoid 9:21 AM – 10:43 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:21 AM – 10:43 AM

1:26 PM – 2:47 PM

6:38 AM – 8:00 AM

8:49 AM – 10:15 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

Moonrise8:49 PM

Moonset10:18 AM

Shiva until 7:40 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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