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Friday, 20 October 2017
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 1:37 AM, Oct 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:38 AM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Sat, 21 Oct
- Skanda Sashti in 6 days Thu, 26 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Sat, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
2:54 PM – 4:18 PM
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise6:42 AM
Moonset6:08 PM
Vishkumbha until 3:27 PM
Kimstughna
Shukravara
Your observances
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