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Friday, 8 November 2013

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:41 AM, Nov 09

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:42 AM

Sunset5:27 PM

Nakshatra until 1:29 PM

Avoid 10:44 AM – 12:04 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:26 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. 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

10:44 AM – 12:04 PM

2:46 PM – 4:06 PM

8:02 AM – 9:23 AM

11:00 AM – 12:26 PM, 2:35 PM – 4:01 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:26 AM

Moonset10:12 PM

Dhriti until 10:21 AM

Kaulava

Shukravara

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