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Tuesday, 18 October 2016
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 10:47 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:32 AM, Oct 19
Avoid
2:55 PM – 4:19 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Wed, 19 Oct
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Fri, 21 Oct
- Kalashtami in 5 days Sun, 23 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:55 PM – 4:19 PM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:06 PM – 1:30 PM
8:43 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:14 PM – 5:44 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
Moonrise7:35 PM
Moonset8:36 AM
Siddhi until 1:49 PM
Vanija
Mangalavara
Your observances
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