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Tuesday, 17 November 2015

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 1:43 AM, Nov 18

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 8:13 PM

Avoid 2:44 PM – 4:03 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:27 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

2:44 PM – 4:03 PM

9:27 AM – 10:46 AM

12:05 PM – 1:25 PM

8:55 AM – 10:20 AM, 3:58 PM – 5:22 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

Moonrise11:29 AM

Moonset10:22 PM

Ganda until 12:21 AM, Nov 18

Kaulava

Mangalavara

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