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Saturday, 2 February 2013

What matters on this day

Pausha Krishna Paksha until 9:34 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:12 AM

Sunset5:57 PM

Nakshatra until 6:46 PM

Avoid 9:53 AM – 11:14 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:53 AM – 11:14 AM

1:55 PM – 3:16 PM

7:12 AM – 8:33 AM

9:21 AM – 10:47 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

MoonriseN/A

Moonset10:45 AM

Shula until 12:29 AM, Feb 03

Vanija

Shanivara

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