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Saturday, 21 October 2017
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 3:00 AM, Oct 22
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:17 AM
Avoid
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Skanda Sashti in 5 days Thu, 26 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sat, 28 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 10 days Tue, 31 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
6:29 AM – 7:53 AM
8:43 AM – 10:13 AM
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
Moonrise7:38 AM
Moonset6:45 PM
Priti until 3:17 PM
Balava
Shanivara
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