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Friday, 28 October 2016
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 6:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:34 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:10 AM, Oct 29
Avoid
10:42 AM – 12:04 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:26 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sun, 30 Oct
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Tue, 1 Nov
- Skanda Sashti in 9 days Sun, 6 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:42 AM – 12:04 PM
2:49 PM – 4:12 PM
7:56 AM – 9:19 AM
10:58 AM – 12:26 PM, 2:38 PM – 4:07 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
Moonrise4:14 AM
Moonset4:21 PM
Vaidhriti until 8:25 PM
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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