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Saturday, 16 February 2013

What matters on this day

Magha Shukla Paksha until 10:36 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:02 AM

Sunset6:08 PM

Nakshatra until 8:35 AM, Feb 17

Avoid 9:49 AM – 11:12 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shukla 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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Inauspicious periods

9:49 AM – 11:12 AM

1:58 PM – 3:21 PM

7:02 AM – 8:25 AM

9:15 AM – 10:44 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:31 AM

MoonsetN/A

Shukla until 11:54 AM

Taitila

Shanivara

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