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Thursday, 20 October 2016
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 4:46 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:14 PM
Avoid
1:29 PM – 2:54 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Fri, 21 Oct
- Kalashtami in 3 days Sun, 23 Oct
- Rama Ekadashi in 6 days Wed, 26 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:29 PM – 2:54 PM
6:28 AM – 7:53 AM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:28 PM – 1:57 PM, 4:12 PM – 5:42 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
Moonrise9:29 PM
Moonset10:52 AM
Parigha until 3:01 AM, Oct 21
Taitila
Guruvara
Your observances
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